By Anna Hall, President, Grinnell College Chapter, Free the Slaves Published on January 29, 2013 in the Newton Daily News The following guest commentary was written in recognition of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Twenty-seven million. That is...
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.
ATEST Report Aims to Bolster Corporate Compliance with California’s Transparency in Supply Chains Act, SB 657
A new report by the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), “Beyond SB 657: How Businesses Can Meet and Exceed California’s Requirements to Prevent Forced Labor in Supply Chains,” provides guiding principles for companies required to comply with California’s pioneering...
Victims of Human Trafficking Need Help
By Margaret Howard Published on January 21, 2013 in the St. Louis Beacon As the nation marks, this month, the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, my hope is that our elected leaders and all Americans will take action to end...
Human Trafficking Victims Face Greater Peril by Congressional Delays
By Mary C. Ellison, Director of Policy for Polaris Project Published on January 18, 2013 in the Huffington Post Blog Women and girls trapped in brothels. Men forced to work long hours under harsh conditions for minimal or no pay, unable to leave due to huge debts and threats to...
A Modest Proposal: Bill Fine-Tunes Nation’s Anti-Trafficking Tools
By Holly Burkhalter, International Justice Mission Published on January 17, 2013 in The Hill Congress Blog The original act is one of the great human rights measures in our era, and made trafficking eradication a domestic and foreign policy priority. As it should be. The U.S....
Could Congressional Indifference Kill the ‘Most Important Anti-Trafficking Law Ever Passed’?
By Greg Asbed, Co-founder of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Published on January 17, 2013 in the Huffington Post Blog Twenty years ago, Laura Germino and I left the dusty streets of Immokalee, Florida, and headed north, bound for the Justice Department in Washington, DC. We...
Trafficking Survivor: It’s Time to Help Others
By Ima Matul, a survivor organizer with the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) Published on January 17, 2013 in CNN Freedom Project You might not know that January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. You might not even know why we need...
A Life Saved: How a U.S. Law Helps Fight Slavery
By Jesse Eaves, Senior Policy Adviser for Child Protection, World Vision Published on January 15, 2013 in CNN Freedom Project Simean knew something was wrong when her 15-year-old younger sister Savoeun failed to show up at the factory where they both worked. With both...
150 Years After Emancipation Proclamation; Too Many People are Still for Sale
By David Batstone, Co-founder and President, Not for Sale Published on January 15, 2013 in The Hill Congress Blog That’s what I thought, until the day six years ago when I discovered my favorite restaurant had been the center of an international human trafficking ring. The...
Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Nonprofits Call On Obama To Do More To Fight Modern-Day Slavery
By Jessica Prois Published on January 11, 2013 in HuffPost Impact Many are captives who are trafficked for sex, sold by their poverty-stricken parents. Others toil in sweatshops, make rubber for our tires and harvest cocoa beans for our chocolate. Globally, there are more slaves...