Guest Posts

Spotlighting Action: Migrants Empowering Migrant Guestworkers through the Power of Information and Technology at Contratados.org
September 8, 2019

Spotlighting Action: Migrants Empowering Migrant Guestworkers through the Power of Information and Technology at Contratados.org

Contratados.org is a portal, made by immigrants, for immigrant guestworkers, that provides secure anonymous employer reviews. This allows migrants in the guestworker program to regain some power in the inherently employer-favored power dynamic that the H2-A and H2-B guestworker visas promote.

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Liverpool Football Club’s Anti-Slavery Statement, an Industry Model
June 3, 2019

Liverpool Football Club’s Anti-Slavery Statement, an Industry Model

Liverpool, a top football club, is setting a positive example for the sport’s industry with their newly released anti-trafficking statement. This kind of corporate responsibility should be enacted in all industries to effectively fight human trafficking.

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How Europe’s Migration Policy Helps Human Traffickers
May 1, 2019

How Europe’s Migration Policy Helps Human Traffickers

The money invested by Europe to prevent migrants from landing on its shores essentially subsidizes and boosts human smuggling profits. The more complex the border crossing, the more sophisticated the help that is needed. The more involved and risky the assistance, the more expensive it is, leading to an increase in fees, leading to more pay-later schemes – creating optimal conditions for human trafficking. Read more on how European immigration policies are bolstering the trafficking economy.

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Working with Interpreters
January 9, 2019

Working with Interpreters

Identifying victims, interviewing survivors, and designing interventions for recovery all often require the assistance of an interpreter. Interpretation is an …

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INTERVIEWING SURVIVORS: GETTING TO THE TRUTH
Cultural Considerations in Identifying Human Trafficking Victims
July 17, 2018

Cultural Considerations in Identifying Human Trafficking Victims

Police Officer Margaret Shelley responded to a tripped alarm in an affluent suburban neighborhood.  She surveyed the house for any …

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Barriers to Identifying Victims and Helping Survivors: The Case for Considering Culture
July 3, 2018

Barriers to Identifying Victims and Helping Survivors: The Case for Considering Culture

Imagine a girl from Bangladesh.  Her family is destitute – floods have washed out their crops and her younger siblings …

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Extractive Industries and Human Trafficking in Latin America
April 10, 2018

Extractive Industries and Human Trafficking in Latin America

Latin America is endowed with some of the world’s largest oil, gas and mineral resources deposits. In the past two …

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Can Myanmar’s Libraries Help Combat Human Trafficking?
March 28, 2018

Can Myanmar’s Libraries Help Combat Human Trafficking?

This week’s blog is guest authored by Mi Ki Kyaw Myint of The Asia Foundation.  In June, the U.S. State Department …

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Illicit Massage Businesses: A Guest Blog by Polaris
February 20, 2018

Illicit Massage Businesses: A Guest Blog by Polaris

This week’s blog is guest authored by Polaris. With names like “Good Girl Spa,” and signs advertising “hot Asian women,” …

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