(Signs of the Times series Volume 6) Melanie O’Connor HF Human trafficking- modern day slavery—has become one of the most serious evils of our time. Women and girl and boy children are shipped around the world like cattle in order…
Description from kathimacias.com Deliver Me from Evil introduces readers to Mara, an eighteen-year-old girl who has been enslaved for nearly ten years, having been sold by her parents in Mexico and then smuggled across the border into San Diego where…
“Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is designated as the agency responsible for helping victims of human trafficking become eligible to receive benefits and services so they may…
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• Shared Hope International ” An anti-trafficking legislative framework is the foundation for all efforts to combat domestic minor sex trafficking. It is the starting point for a holistic approach to ending domestic minor sex trafficking as well as all…
• Link to Resources page at the Coalition in Trafficking Against Women website The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women has put together a number of resources around the issues of sex trafficking, links between prostitution and sex slavery, and fighting…
• US Dept of Labor Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act home page • View the report (PDF)
• TIP Report 2011 Home Page, Description, Links to HTML and PDF • Introduction (PDF) • Country Narratives (PDF): A-C, D-I, J-M, N-S, T-Z/Special Cases • Relevant International Conventions and Closing Material (PDF)
Fact Sheets on Human Trafficking
“Discrimination is a pivotal part of slavery because it allows people to disengage their humanity and justify or tolerate the violation of other people’s human rights. Discrimination also limits certain groups’ access to education, jobs and healthcare, leaving them to…