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Restavek Freedom in Haiti - Rose

“In 2010, you know the earthquake [happened]. And my mom was dead. So, I was in a camp of men and women, and they took care of me. And then I met a woman named Anna. She was with the organization IOM (International Organization for Migration), and sh

Anti-Trafficking Education in High Schools

“As an ordinary person, what can I do to combat human trafficking?” This is a question I have been asked before, and my response to people is to get involved by using your gift. If you are a quilter, give those quilts to places that are trying to hel

Want to Volunteer for an Antislavery Organization? Ask These Questions First.

Volunteering time and expertise are great ways to support antislavery and anti-trafficking organizations. However, it’s essential to think through the implications of your participation in a particular organization, program and community. Before taki

How It’s Made: Child Labor, Bonded Labor Brewing Your Cup of Coffee

If you spend $3.00 at a coffee shop every work day, you’d be paying over $700.00 a year for coffee alone. That might be a steep price to pay for your daily dose of caffeine, but is it worth it? More importantly, does the price accurately reflect the

Pimping v. Trafficking - Consequences for Victims

In December of 2014, we had the privilege of visiting and aftercare shelter called Open Door Foundation. Mirela is a lawyer for the foundation and is working on a variety of cases at all times. While talking about the inner workings of a trafficking

Challenges of Running an Aftercare Shelter

In 2014 we visited the Open Door Foundation, the only aftercare emergency shelter for female sex trafficking victims in Romania. Its founder, Monica Boseff, was named a Trafficking in Persons Report Hero and invited us to visit her shelter in Buchare

Social Media Raises $2 Million to End Bonded Labor

One of the main forms of slavery in the world today is bonded labor. This is also known as debt bondage, and it happens when people inherit a debt or are forced to work in slave-like conditions to pay off a loan. Bonded labor is often made to look li

What the Human Trafficking Movement Can Learn from the AIDS Movement Success

The anti-human trafficking world loves its statistics. They sound so dramatic, don’t they? You can hear them passed around at dinner parties, anti-slavery trainings and you might even hear one on a C-SPAN senate hearing. Nothing gets people excited l

ESN Dispatch Sound Bites: Day One in Thailand

Two men walk towards our interview set. One wears a white, long sleeve button-down shirt with dress pants and shoes. The other sports a solid colored tee with jeans and walks barefoot. Later, a third man donning a grey Washington, DC shirt and camo s

A Culture of Judgement

If there’s one constant surrounding modern-day intercultural relations, especially in regard to the global slave trade, it’s an overarching culture of judgment. It is impossible to achieve true social justice when our personal judgments and biases cl