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History of the Fair Trade Movement

A Moral Imperative: Quakers and “Fair Trade” During Historic Slavery   The Fair Trade movement has modest beginnings but is founded in certain concepts. Drawing from a variety of sources—such as religion, organized labor, early human rights, and econ

Questions and Signs to Identify Human Trafficking

  Victims of slavery today can often be invisible unless you know what you are looking for and can ask the right questions. We want everyone to be prepared, share these signs and questions.   Look for these clues:   They are being controlled.   They

Human Trafficking in a Source Country like Lithuania

Kristina Misiniene works for Caritas Lithuania, where she helps victims of forced labor and sex trafficking. In this video, she talks about how many of her survivors have been trafficked overseas, or from overseas. Many of the survivors she has worke

The Irregular Migration Crisis and Human Trafficking

Thousands of migrants have perished off the coast of Libya since January. Hundreds of thousands of people enter Europe each year, and similar amounts enter the United States. These people, both irregular and regular migrants, are among some of the mo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo - Child Soldiers

The history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 18th largest country in the world, is fraught with violence, conflict and exploitation. From the personal colony of King Leopold II of Belgium, to the dictator Joseph Mobutu's personal piggy ba

Connecting Slavery Then with Slavery Now: Part 2

BY JAMES STEWART James Wallace Professor of History, Emeritus at Macalester College and Founder of Historians Against Slavery This post is part II of a series from historian James Stewart discussing the connection between slavery “then” and “now.” P

Human Trafficking, Migration and Refugees

Human Trafficking is rising to the attention of both local Governments and the International Community, and rightly so. For years it has remained the fastest growing type of organized crime in the world. With over 27 million people being exploited th

Connecting Slavery Then with Slavery Now: Part 1

BY JAMES STEWART James Wallace Professor of History, Emeritus at Macalester College and Founder of Historians Against Slavery Most Americans believe that the Civil War put an end to human bondage a century and a half ago—end of story. In the face of

How Genocide is Similar to Human Trafficking

Macro alias: ImageWithCaption When the tanks rolled into Phnom Penh in April, 1975, people were grouped together and marched out of the city. They didn’t know what was coming. Neither did the first Jews that boarded a train traveling to Auschwitz; wh

A Story of Hope After Sex Trafficking

As a former investigator for International Justice Mission, Don had seen some pretty terrible situations. When asked about his favorite story of healing he started to tell us about Mala. She was trafficked for sex to one of the most violent brothels