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Human Trafficking is a Health Care Professional Issue

We may live under the illusion that the issue of human trafficking is something that doesn't readily touch our daily lives. Despite serving the medical needs of those in our communities, we often fail to recognize the plight of those caught within th

The TIP Report's Dreaded Tier 3

© Manogamos, Algunas… “A Soldier took me away for Taking this Shot” (Flickr) (CC-BY-NC-ND) The TIP Report’s third tier is reserved for countries who “do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so.” Tw

How Armenia Became a Tier 1 Country

Last week’s post drew dire conclusions about 2014 TIP Report Tier 3 Countries’ prospects. With that in mind, we want to celebrate the country of Armenia. Starting as a Tier 3 country in the early 2000s, the government of Armenia worked hard to improv

Will Human Trafficking News Affect the 2015 TIP Report

The Rohingya in Myanmar (Burma) are a persecuted minority. Thai seafood is marked by modern slavery. Will recent news affect the 2015 TIP Report? It’s been quite a year. Human trafficking has been all over the news. Recently, we’ve heard a lot about

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

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

Celebrating Women TIP Report Heroes

They are judges, lawyers, policy makers, politicians, trafficking survivors, social workers, psychologists, law enforcement professionals, and academics. These are the Women of the TIP Report Heroes. The Decade of Women “I believe that now, on the ev

People are People, Regardless of Culture

Dreaming of a land far away—a land of adventure, development, and much unknown. A land known by many as home to many exotic animals, fruits, and surprises. A land with colors, dark sun-kissed faces and bright smiles. A land with beautiful songs and v

Understanding Brazil’s Present Day Quilombos: A Small Term for a Big Reality

During a conference in March 2012 on race and racism in Brazil, a Brazilian sociologist—and expert on affirmative action—posed a significant question about black rural communities in Brazil: “Those communities, do they actually descend from runaway s