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Words Matter: why we still struggle to fully implement a victim-centered approach to supporting trafficking survivors
By Benjamin Thomas Greer and Brittany Barrios Hadaway On January 27, 2021, the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force (United …
F.R.E.E: The challenges, rewards and lessons learned building a comprehensive program to support sex trafficking survivors
Makayla Sinkovich is a licensed social worker, that has a passion for working directly with human trafficking survivors. She has …
Survivors of ISIS Trafficking in Kurdistan-Iraq: Jiyan Foundation’s Psychosomatic Clinic for Women
Women pictured above are Psychotherapists from the Women’s Clinic at the Jiyan Healing Garden, image does not include Serra to …
Trafficking Victims of Color: Failed by the U.S. legal system?
*All names have been changed to protect anonymity Emma just wanted to stay sober and after struggling for years with …
Economic Barriers Facing Survivors of Trafficking
Photo by Adam Szarmack Blog Post by Calion Smith for Artworks for Freedom As they work to rebuild their lives, …
The Definition of Trafficking: How Abuse Survivors Realize They Have Been Trafficked
Blog Post by Calion Smith for Artworks for Freedom It isn’t always obvious to a survivor that they have experienced …
BIPOC Trans Women and Girls: The Missing Narrative in Human Trafficking
The Black Lives Matter protests from the past year have sparked renewed conversations about who is afforded justice and who …
Anti-Trafficking Holiday Shopping Guide 2021
The season for finding special gifts to show you care is upon us. While most of us enjoy shopping for …
Cultural Considerations in Assisting Survivors of Human Trafficking: A Free E-Course
A free, interactive, web-based course on cultural considerations when assisting survivors of human trafficking. The course explores how cross-cultural differences …
Images in Absentia- Gender and Human Trafficking: The Pictures We Are Missing
The meaning of the words “human trafficking” has expanded over time to include a wide range of crimes, victims, and perpetrators. But if you do a search on Google Images for “Human Trafficking Victims” or even “Human Trafficking” you will get a visual narrative that falls short of the diverse reality for this term. Almost all the images that come up include women and girls, beaten, chained, and/or gagged. What are we missing with these pictures?