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Why Do They Get Away With It

I was attending a human trafficking coalition meeting last week in my home city and a woman showed up with a terrible story. You see, I have never had a conversation with someone who was trafficked or was close to someone that was, so her story caugh

In Search of Freedomville

In a tiny speck of a village in Uttar Pradesh, India, a community of rock quarry miners have given their cluster of thatched roofed houses the name Azad Nagar. Freedomville. The miners named their village in 2000, only a few months after they staged

Discuss Slavery with Kids

It can be hard to talk to kids about the bad things happening in this world, especially other kids that are enslaved. These books are written by former child domestic slaves in Haiti and are a kid-friendly way to introduce the topic of modern-day sla

Design Campaign Art

The creators of the award-winning documentary film Food Chains, which discusses labor rights in America's farms, is inviting artists to interpret the movie poster and create new images that activists can use during National Farmworker Awareness Week.

Take A Group Selfie For World Fair Trade Day

Celebrate World Fair Trade Day by participating in a group selfie. The World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) is encouraging people to celebrate World Fair Trade Day by taking a group selfie in a human chain formation. The idea is to help promote globa

Celebrate International Day for Tolerance

Celebrate International Day for Tolerance in November In honor of the United Nations International Day for Tolerance, watch and share this short clip on your social media sites to remind others while tolerance is so important, especially when discuss

Watch and Share Noy Thrupkaew's TED Talk

Human trafficking is far more prevalent, complex, and close to home than most of us realize. Behind the everyday bargains we all love -- the $10 manicure, the unlimited shrimp buffet -- is a hidden world of forced labor to keep those prices at rock b

Learn About Bonded Labor

Imagine someone promises you a great job. It's in a different city or country, but the person offering you employment is kind and understanding. They know you come from a poor family, but they're willing to loan you the money to travel. Even better,

Learn About UN Target 8.7

Target 8.7 is the United Nations' name for its aim to end all forms of forced labor, human trafficking, and child labor, including the use and recruitment of child soldiers. In fact, the UN hopes to end all forms of child labor by 2025. In order to h

"Three Years and a Baby"

Due to a number of factors, such as limiting parents to one or two children and gendercide of female infants, men in China outnumber women to a significant degree. This has led many Chinese men, particularly lower-income men, to turn to traffickers i