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The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking and modern slavery around the world.
Acknowledgements FY 2017
Acknowledgements Author, Meredith Owen Contributing Editor, Caroline Kavit and Ann Brown Based on Materials by the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) and Carliner Strategies © 2016 ATEST Additional Copyright and publication information. For additional...
ATEST Applauds the Authorization of the End Modern Slavery Initiative
For Release: December 9, 2016 Washington, D.C. – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking, a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking worldwide, applauds the authorization of the End Modern Slavery Initiative within the...
Forced Labor Risks: Major Apparel and Footwear Brands’ Supply Changed Ranked by KnowTheChain
Conditions of workers in the apparel and footwear industry have been in the public eye for more than twenty years: from reports of child labor in the footwear sector in the 1990s to grave health and safety incidents in Bangladeshi factories in recent years. This attention has resulted in...
ATEST Calls for the Immediate Release of Kah Walla
Melysa Sperber, Director of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), issued the following statement in response to the reported arrest of Kah Walla, President of the Cameroon People's Party (CPP). Ms. Walla was arrested in Cameroon today while holding a meeting on political...
The U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking released its Annual Report
The U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking released its Annual Report last Tuesday, available on the State Department website here. Created by the Justice of Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-22), the Council is comprised of 11 presidentially-appointed survivors...
ATEST Letter to Support the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (S. 3441 and H.R. 6292)
October 18, 2016 Dear Senators Gillibrand and Portman and Representatives Wagner, Gabbard, and Jolly: The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) and the 165 undersigned organizations are proud to support the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act ( S. 3441 and H.R. 6292)...