ATEST Director Terry FitzPatrick today explained why he's personally hopeful even thought new statistics indicate the number of people in forced labor is growing. CNN...
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ATEST is Hiring a Director
Thanks to a generous grant from United Way Worldwide, ATEST is now hiring a director. The position description is below. Deadline for applications is September 10,...
ATEST Joins “Freedom Needs Truth” Open Letter about QAnon
An open letter to Candidates, the Media, Political Parties, and Policymakers: As survivors, service providers, human and labor rights advocates, law enforcement...
U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline Cases Soar by 25 Percent...
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...
David Abramowitz on Passage of Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention...
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...
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...