Jewher Ilham is one of the main activists of the Coalition to End Forced Labor in the Uyghur Region and is the author of the recent [...]
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Most Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram Still Missing
Most of the 278 girls kidnapped from their school dorm in Nigeria two years ago by Boko Haram, are still missing. When the news was [...]
UK Lawmakers Debate Libyan Slave Markets
On Monday British lawmakers expressed their outrage about Libyan slave markets. Footage captured by CNN exposed the selling of African [...]
UN: Girls Make Up 23% of World’s Trafficking Victims
A new report from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has found that the number of trafficked girls rose worldwide, [...]
WE DID IT! California repeals harmful loitering law
In a win for trafficking victims’ and sex workers’ rights, California’s Governor Newsom signed the Safer Streets for All Act into law [...]
Teens Drugged and Smuggled to China
Teens from Vietnam are drugged and smuggled into China to become child brides. Some are as young as 13-years-old and captured by human [...]
What Stops Jordan’s Domestic Workers from Seeking Help?
Isa Al-Maeda says life was difficult as a farmer in the Philippines, but at least she was near her siblings and parents. Wanting her [...]
Joy as Cyntoia Brown Granted Clemency
After 15 years behind bars, Cyntoia Denise Brown has at last been granted clemency by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. She is due to be [...]
Partnerships & survivor leadership highlighted in Trafficking in Persons report
On the recent release of the U.S. Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, some advocates are filling in the perceived gaps found in the [...]
Next President Must Prioritize Human Trafficking, An Editorial
Will our next president be committed to ending slavery? The crime of human trafficking is second only to illegal drug trade worldwide, [...]
Why Measuring Modern Slavery is Crucial to Fighting It
According to research by the Walk Free Foundation and the International Labour Organization, in 2016 there were 40.3 million people [...]
Pregnant Women Risk Lives Picking World’s Tea
Rama is six months pregnant and worried about giving birth to her child. She’s just 22, earning a living by picking tea leaves on [...]
Opinion: Is protecting children from labor exploitation a distant dream?
Norma Bastidas, Survivor and Ultra Marathoner
Norma Bastidas is a 49-year-old mother-of-two. She is also a human trafficking survivor. She is also an ultra-marathoner who has [...]
Singapore’s Unpaid Migrant Workers
Although Singapore is known as an efficient, developed country, for many migrant workers from South Asia it is a huge struggle to be [...]
New York Street Art Shines a Light on Child Trafficking
A new campaign is using six graffiti murals in New York City to raise awareness of child slavery around the world. NGO Street Art for [...]
Opinion: Is protecting children from labor exploitation a distant dream?
The following is an opinion piece written by executive director of Freedom United, Joanna Ewart-James, for CNN. A 16-year-old boy from [...]