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Sign This Petition to End Forced Marriage

Officials encountered as many as 3,000 cases of forced marriage in the U.S. in 2011! Sign this petition asking President Obama to create a national action plan ending forced marriage.

Forced Labor

Not included in the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) definition – or their estimate of 20.9 million people trapped in forced labor – are cases of trafficking for organ removal, forced or child marriages and forced adoptions. Forced labor is t

Petition the UN to End Forced Marriage

Help Put Ending Forced Marriage on the Global Agenda According to Plan International UK, a children's charity, 41,000 girls are forced to marry every day worldwide. Click the button above to sign a petition demanding the United Nations make ending fo

A Case Study On Sex Trafficking Prevention

Arming Women In The Quest To Prevent Trafficking Part II THE FORGOTTEN “P”: PREVENTION Have you heard about the “forgotten P?” Anti-human trafficking (AHT) work is often summarized as the “Three P’s”: Protection, prosecution and prevention. In this a

Child Labor

Supply needs and industry demand for cheap, unskilled labor are some of the leading causes of child labor. Specifically, production processes that require certain physical attributes, such as small stature and agility, lead to the employment of child

Is Underage Marriage Forced Marriage?

This year we have added forced marriage as a form of slavery in the world today. A forced marriage can be the means that starts other forms of enslavement such as domestic servitude or sex trafficking. All around the world people are forced to marry,

Prosecution

Slavery is an economic problem as much as it’s a human rights one. Prosecuting slave owners and consistently enforcing existing laws lead slave owners to consider the benefits and costs of using illegal slave labor. When business interests are at sta

State-Imposed Forced Labor: History of Prison Labor in the U.S.

The current structure of the criminal justice system and state-imposed forced labor in the United States are deeply rooted in the legacies of slavery and the aftermath of the Civil War. The timeline below details pivotal policies and milestones since

How Forced Marriage Leads to Slavery

We always say that the forms of slavery are not exclusive of one another. Many times, one form causes another, or multiple exist in the same situation. Below are some example fictional scenarios of where forced marriage plays into slavery. Sex Traffi

Sign the Petition to Outlaw Forced Child Marriage in Niger

Freedom United wants help in telling President Mahamadou Issoufou to stop forced child marriages. “Outlawing child marriage will send a strong message that the practice must end and provide a firm legislative base to expand services to young women an