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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

What It Takes for Real and Lasting Progress in Eradicating Contemporary Slavery

Earlier this year I developed a paper upon which this article is drawn. My purpose in developing that paper was to gather learnings from the history of reform movements which could inform how we tackle the challenge of eradicating contemporary slaver

End Slavery Now Honors Transgender Day of Remembrance

While anyone can fall victim to traffickers, certain populations are more at risk than others. Due to pervasive mistreatment and violence, a lack of family and community support, and financial insecurity due to employment discrimination, transgender

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

Sponsor a Former Restavek

Restaveks are children in Haiti who are forced to work as domestic servants. Your sponsorship provides children with tuition, books, a school uniform and an advocate who works on their behalf. 

State-Imposed Forced Labor: Arguments For or Against Prison Labor

The Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that, in 2014, there were 1.5 million people in state and federal prisons in the United States. In 2005, a census of state and federal correctional facilities showed that 54% of inmates were in facilities wit

Sex Trafficking

Worldwide, false promises are ways in which traffickers bait and enslave their victims – both adults and minors. Indigenous populations and those who live in abject poverty are typically economically and politically marginalized; thus, most lack righ

Learn About Forced Labor in China

While the scope is unclear, at least a handful of Chinese factories use forced labor comprised of religious and ethnic minorities. China is the largest export economy in the world. If you own a computer or a smartphone, there is a good chance at leas

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.