In the latest News Round-up, the members of ATEST were featured across media outlets this week. The news captured events surrounding the kidnapping of hundreds of girls in Nigeria by Boko Haram, with anti-trafficking experts responding that this is just the tip of the iceberg, as human...
Month: May 2014
UNWTO and World Vision Join Forces to Fight Child Exploitation in Tourism
Published on May 15, 2014 in eTurboNews As tourism continues to grow globally, particularly in Southeast Asia, it is becoming increasingly urgent to consider its impact on local communities, particularly where this relates to child exploitation. This is why the UN World Tourism...
ATEST Supports FY15 Federal Funding for Anti-Trafficking Programs
Human trafficking is a $32 billion industry. However, for every $32 a trafficker earns, the U.S. Government spends only 10 cents to combat this crime. These letters to six House and six Senate appropriations subcommittees advocate to ensure greater U.S. investment in programs that are...
Double-Bound: How Immigration Law Can Trap Trafficking Victims
By Jennifer Allen Jung Published on May 14, 2014 in Christianity Today An attorney’s insight on the complicated legal setting for domestic trafficking. Stepping out of silent bondage and into freedom is a scary and painful journey for human trafficking victims. It's a journey...
It’s Not Just Boko Haram In Nigeria: Millions Of Women And Children Victimized By Human And Sex Trafficking
By Bill Vourvoulias Published on May 12, 2014 in Fox News Latino While the world is focused on the fate of hundreds of girls in Nigeria who have been kidnapped in recent months by the extremist Islamic group, Boko Haram, it might be a good time, activists say, to talk about how...
Resources for Learning how to Fight Human Trafficking
Published on May 7, 2014 in Travel Weekly The Polaris Project designs training programs, lobbies for legislation to fight human trafficking and provides services for victims. It operates the National Human Trafficking Hotline, (888) 373-7888. Ecpat USA advocates for protective...
KBS+ Toronto’s Campaign To Fight Childhood Slavery
By Larissa Faw Pubilshed on May 6, 2014 in Media Post News This week, kbs+ Toronto, part of MDC Partners, and the not-for-profit World Vision are launching the NoChildForSale campaign in Canada to raise awareness about childhood slavery. The concept features three TV spots set...
News Round-up — May 9, 2014
This week, ATEST members appeared in news stories across the United States and around the world. From arrests of traffickers in North Carolina to combating this crime in the Philippines, media outlets highlighted advances in ending human trafficking, as well as the challenges that...
Two Arrested in Durham for Human Trafficking of a 17-Year-Old Runaway
Published on May 8, 2014 in ABC11 WTVD DURHAM --Durham police have arrested two people in connection with human trafficking of a 17-year-old girl. Authorities said the teen had run away from her home in upstate New York in February. According to officials, a friend of the girl...
Lack of Data Means Millions of Children Die Unseen and Invisible, New Report Finds
Published on May 4, 2014 in the Christian Post Children are dying unseen, uncounted and invisible to the health services that could save their lives, a new report released today finds. Uncounted and Unreached, published by World Vision, details how countries and world leaders...