For Release: July 30, 2014 (Washington, DC) – Today, as the world celebrates the first UN-declared World Day against Trafficking in Persons, leaders in Congress and the White House are contemplating policy changes that would undermine the United States’ most important tool in the...
Author: ATEST
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.
Take Action: Protect. Don’t Punish.
ACT NOW! Sign on to ensure children get the care they deserve. Changes to the TVPRA would jeopardize the lives of children seeking safety in the United States. The cost of pushing vulnerable children back into dangerous or deadly situations is simply too high. Unaccompanied children...
Protect. Don’t Punish.
Maria* was 12 years old when she was kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to a home where she was held captive. She was beaten and raped on an almost daily basis and eventually forced into prostitution. Because of this she became pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl while held in slavery....
Human Trafficking Prioritization Act (H.R. 2283)
ATEST supports legislation that would upgrade the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) to a Bureau. The upgrade would establish the issue of combating trafficking in persons and forced labor as a foreign policy priority for this...
Protect Unaccompanied Children and Keep the U.S. Anti-Trafficking Law Intact
On July 25, Talking Points Memo published an op-ed by Melysa Sperber, the Director of the Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST), and Malika Saada Saar, Executive Director of Rights4Girls. They called on Congress and the Obama Administration to live up to their commitment to...
A Step Forward to Protect Child Trafficking Victims
On July 23, NBC Los Angeles interviewed Ima Matul, Survivor Coordinator at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), to discuss a new federal bill that strengthens the U.S. child welfare system's response to child trafficking. Introduced by Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) and...
Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 (H.R. 4842)
The Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 (H.R. 4842) requires companies with a minimum of $100 million in worldwide gross receipts annually to report transparently to the Securities and Exchange Commission and on their websites about their efforts to...
Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 (H.R. 4842)
The Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 (H.R. 4842) requires companies with a minimum of $100 million in worldwide gross receipts annually to report transparently to the Securities and Exchange Commission and on their websites about their efforts to...
Trafficking Advocate and Survivor Urges Congress to Protect Child Trafficking Victims
On June 27, 2014, the Richmond Times Dispatch published an opinion piece by Elisabeth Corey, trafficking survivor, social worker, writer, and advocate. Ms. Corey urges the U.S. Government to do a better job protecting child trafficking victims and calls on Congress to pass critical...
U.S. is failing child trafficking victims
By Elisabeth Corey June 27, 2014 in the Richmond Times Dispatch Last week, the U.S. State Department released the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, an annual assessment of how well nations around the world are addressing human trafficking. Because countries are motivated...