Guest Posts
Protecting Your Teen from a Pimp
Pimps are master manipulators. They are talented actors and salespeople and target girls who are emotionally vulnerable. From promising to help pay for …
Protecting Children from Human Trafficking
This April, in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Human Trafficking Search and youthSpark are hosting a month-long campaign …
“Welcome my daughter, welcome my sister”: An interview with Linda EagleSpeaker
Linda EagleSpeaker works at the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she and other staff have …
Eliminating Forced Labor Starts with Tackling Recruitment Fees
I’ve spent time in South India, trying to help families forced to work in rice mills and brick kilns. They were offered what seemed to be decent job–if …
Do successful prosecutions constitute success in the fight against modern-day slavery?
For almost a quarter century now, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has participated in the successful prosecution of forced labor …
The Business Case for Survivors of Trafficking
Four years ago when I pitched my Indian anti-sex trafficking social enterprise at an investor’s circle in the Bay Area, …
Fifteen Years Fighting for Freedom: Fifteen Lessons Learned
Free the Slaves fifteenth anniversary is a good moment to distill lessons learned from years working with slaves, survivors, activists …
The Economics of Human Trafficking: An Intersection of Vulnerability and Exploitation
Kay Chernush The role of every article about human trafficking is to provide information with the goal of preventing and …
Ending Everyday Forms of Exploitation in Our Fields Prevents Trafficking
Exploitation in our nation’s fields is rampant. Employers steal wages and impose extra fees (for transportation to and from the …
Fighting for Farmworker Justice
When people think of trafficking, they often think about sex trafficking. But labor trafficking is also an insidious problem globally …