With a surge in public interest from a summer movie about international child sex trafficking and recent news reports of child labor abuses at workplaces in the United States, Congress is looking to enact new legislation to address human trafficking and forced labor. To...
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ATEST Joins Other Orgs Calling for New Constitutional Amendment to Completely Outlaw Slavery
ATEST has joined a long list of organizations urging Congress to fix a loophole in the U.S. Constitution that allows for slavery and involuntary servitude to be used as punishment for a crime. A bipartisan Constitutional Amendment has been introduced to once and for all end slavery in...
Survivors Identify Urgent Reforms Needed to Build a Survivor-Centered Anti-Trafficking Movement
A new report shines a light on ways anti-trafficking organizations in the United States have fallen short, harmed survivors, and need significant reforms to create a survivor-centered movement in the future. The report, We Name It So We Can Repair It, Rethinking Harm, Accountability...
Congress Introduces Major Reforms to Assist Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Prevent Trafficking
News today from ATEST member organization National Network for Youth. ATEST endorses this legislation: We are excited to announce that Representatives Yarmuth (D-KY) and Bacon (R-NE) and Senators Leahy (D-VT) and Collins (R-ME) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Runaway and...
CNN op-ed: Five reasons I’m optimistic despite grim new statistics on forced labor
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 -- It would be understandable to regard last week’s news about the scope of forced labor as dispiriting. Despite two...
New Statistics Underscore Need for Reauthorization of Trafficking Victims Protection Act and Significant Increase in Funding for Anti-trafficking Programs | ATEST Releases Updated Fact Sheet for Federal Candidates in 2022 Midterms
WASHINGTON – This week’s release of the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery is an urgent call to action. More people have been trafficked into forced labor worldwide than ever before. Globally, 28 million people are toiling against their will every day at factories,...
ATEST Recommendations to U.S. Trade Representative on Developing a Forced Labor Trade Policy
August 5, 2022 The Honorable Katherine Tai U.S. Trade Representative Washington, DC Electronic Submission to Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov Docket Number USTR–2022–0006 Re: Trade Strategy to Combat Forced Labor Dear Ambassador...
2022 TIP Report Underscores that Extensive Work is Needed to Improve Global Efforts to Protect People from Human Traffickers
WASHINGTON – The 2022 U.S. State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which reviews responses by governments to combat human trafficking and forced labor worldwide, reveals that significant increases in political will and funding are needed to meaningfully improve...
ATEST Urges Biden to Quickly Appoint TIP Ambassador
January 31, 2022 President Joseph R. Biden The White House Washington, D.C. RE: Appointment of a New Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Dear President Biden, Thank you for your ongoing efforts to confront human trafficking, one of the world’s...
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, 2021. Consultancy Description Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking Director Background · The anti-trafficking...