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...
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.
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...
How Philanthropy Contributed to Improved Conditions for Tomato Pickers
By Aaron Dorfman Published on May 2, 2014 in The Huffington Post On the front page of The New York Times last week, there was a fantastic article about how the abusive practices faced by workers in Florida tomato fields have virtually ended. Laborers, mostly immigrants, are now...
News Round-up — May 2, 2014
Check out the latest News Round-up of ATEST members appearing in media stories this week: News Stories MGH Receives Grant to Open Human Trafficking Survivor Clinic by Lara Salahi, Boston.com (May 1, 2014) ‘Food Chains’ premieres at Tribeca Film Festival in NYC, Florida...
ATEST Director Named Hearts on Fire Visionary of the Week
Hearts on Fire, a movement to ignite social visionaries to share solutions to complex human challenges, named ATEST Director Melysa Sperber the Visionary of the Week. Hearts on Fire is a call to action to motivate leadership and to provide community. At the helm of ATEST, Melysa...
Birth Registration Makes Children Count
By Jesse Eaves Published on May 1, 2014 in the Huffington Post When my first child was born four years ago, no sooner had he entered the world, than the hospital staff handed me a form to fill out. Despite my happy, delirious, sleep-deprived state of mind, I was able to fill out...