From ATEST member Polaris Project WASHINGTON, D.C.(July 30, 2019) – On the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in persons, Polaris is announcing that human trafficking cases reported to the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline jumped by 25 percent in 2018 from...
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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.
ATEST Advocacy Report | January 2019
January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) has chosen this month to launch our first annual ATEST Advocacy Report. Each January we will update you on our coalition’s accomplishments in the previous year...
ATEST and HEAL Trafficking Urge Congress to Preserve Safeguards for Vulnerable Migrant Children
WASHINGTON – A new funding proposal pending before the Senate this week will rollback protections for children coming to the U.S. to flee violence, human trafficking, and other forms of abuse in Central America. The bill would undo provisions of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act...
ATEST Applauds Anti-Trafficking Legislation Becoming Law, But Deeply Concerned by Presidential Statements and Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON — Four key pieces of legislation that form the architecture of America’s federal response to human trafficking and modern slavery are now law. In the final days of the 115th Congress, the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization...
Separating Immigrant Families Increases Vulnerabilities to Human Trafficking
The Trump administration has signaled a potential plan to use military bases for holding immigrant children who cross the southern border. These children would include both unaccompanied minors and children separated from their families by the U.S. government. The Alliance to End Slavery...
ATEST Welcomes New Member Organizations
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is proud to announce that two remarkable organizations have joined the coalition. The new members expand the reach and expertise of ATEST, strengthening the coalition’s collective influence. The new member organizations: Human...
ATEST Recommendations for 2019 Spending Sent to Congress
ATEST is asking Congress to maintain America’s commitment to combating modern slavery and human trafficking at home and abroad, with detailed recommendations for federal spending across seven agencies and departments. “The number of trafficking victims significantly exceeds the...
Looking Back on 10 Years of Advocacy, and Rededicated to Ending Human Trafficking
By Shawna Bader-Blau, Executive Director, Solidarity Center & Bradley Myles, Chief Executive Officer, Polaris The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is marking its 10th anniversary this year. Reflecting on a decade of successful advocacy, we are energized to embark...
ATEST Applauds Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passage of International Provisions of Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) welcomes the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 (S.1848) by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. We are grateful to Senators Bob Corker (R-TN), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ben...
ATEST Commends Release of New Estimates on Forced Labor and Modern Slavery
Yesterday, the International Labor Organization (ILO), in partnership with the Walk Free Foundation (with collaboration from the International Organization for Migration), issued an updated global estimate of forced labor and modern slavery that enhances our knowledge of the scale and...