Guest Posts
How US Temporary Work Visa Laws Enable Forced Labor and Exploitation
In honor of the U.S. National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month the HTS blog and social media accounts will focus …
Ending Trafficking Domestically and Abroad
When most people in the United States hear the words “human trafficking”, they often think of it happening in places …
Toward Sustainable Anti-Human Trafficking Solutions: The Power of Reliable Information
In the early 2011, I embarked upon a fascinating but rather daunting assignment. I was tasked with evaluating Nepal’s efforts …
Sustained Effort to Eliminate Child Slavery
10696263_1515703668678354_3614213108823739386_n Four years ago, I attended a forum in Washington, DC, sponsored by the International Labour Organization (ILO), entitled A …
Successful Reintegration Takes Care
Armine* – a poor, single mother of three children living in a destitute multi-generational household in rural Armenia – was …
Student Convening Signals a New Era of Human Trafficking Activism
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights has a two-prong approach. One, to tell the stories of brave individuals …
Male Child Trafficking in Afghanistan
Being normal. Going to school. Coming home. Playing with friends. It might not seem very glamorous, but every child deserves …
Protecting Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking in DC
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) clearly defines that any minor under the age of 18 years old does not …
Unaccompanied Migrants & Human Trafficking
Congress returns today, September 8 to unfinished business: trying to pass a budget and respond to the President’s request for …
Demanding Justice
DemandingJustice A small 16 year old girl with a black eye enters a hotel room where the man who solicited …