Yesterday was a great day for anti-trafficking advocates, as the House of Representatives unanimously passed the Frederick Douglass Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2200). We...
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National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month: Ways to fight modern slavery
Modern slavery is a scourge that touches us all; it’s in the communities in which we live and often found in the products that we buy. Human trafficking victims are...
Forced Labor Risks: Major Apparel and Footwear Brands’ Supply Changed Ranked by...
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...
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...
The U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking released...
The U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking released its Annual Report...
Forced Labor Risks: Major Food and Beverage Brands’...
Americans don’t often think about the food they eat being tainted with...
The Responsible Sourcing Tool: A New Resource for...
ATEST member agency Verité, in parternship with the U.S. State...
The 2016 TIP Report Holds Burma, Uzbekistan Accountable...
Today the U.S. State Department released its annual report of the state of...
KnowTheChain Releases First Benchmark Report
Ranks 20 Information and Communications Technology Firms on Supply Chain Forced Labor You can’t stop what you can’t see, and modern slavery is one of the world’s most horrendous – and most invisible – human rights issues to tackle. In a step toward further...
Moving in the Right Direction on Anti-Trafficking Appropriations
Good news on the Senate’s commitment funding the fight against human trafficking! While the appropriations process is far from over, ATEST is pleased that the Senate Appropriations Committee has reported increased funding and strengthened report language on two appropriations...