Please join the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking and Too Young to Wed at a cocktail reception and viewing to celebrate the opening of Children Don't Migrate, They Flee Wednesday, January 20th, 5:00PM to 7:00PM Russell Senate Office Building, Kennedy Caucus Room (SR...
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Runaways at Risk: Youth Homelessness and Human Trafficking
The true experts on youth homelessness are young people themselves. Hear from three National Network For Youth advisors and other service providers to learn more about the intersection between human trafficking and youth homelessness. Thanks to National Foundation for Women Legislators...
Mexico City’s Anti-Human Trafficking Hotline to Expand Nationally
Polaris in a new partnership with El Consejo Ciudadano, a leading organization promoting citizen security and fighting human trafficking in Mexico, is moving closer to the creation of a North American safety net so victims of human trafficking can reach out for the help they need to...
Does Your Hotel Know?
Sex trafficking can happen anywhere, including in the United States. #DoesYourHotelKnow is an awareness campaign by ECPAT-USA that alerts hotels and travelers alike to educate themselves about the signs of sex trafficking. The Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct is the only...
How the U.S. Government Funds Human Trafficking
In September 2012, President Obama announced a new Executive Order (EO 13627) that sought to strengthen protections against human trafficking by U.S. Government contractors and their subcontractors. The Administration is expected to release the regulations to implement the EO later this...
Kailash Satyarthi Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Child Rights Advocacy
On October 10, the Nobel committee announced that Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to strengthen and improve child rights. Solidarity Center described how as an activist, "Satyarthi has led the rescue of more than 78,500 child...
CAST, Polaris, & Clear Channel Outdoor Collaborate on Anti-Trafficking Initiative
On September 22, the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), Polaris, and Clear Channel Outdoor announced their partnership to increase awareness of human trafficking in the greater Los Angeles area. The awareness campaign will highlight the National Human Trafficking...
New Verité Study Finds Forced Labor in Malaysian Electronics Industry
Today, Verité released its groundbreaking two-year study of labor conditions in electronics manufacturing in Malaysia. The study found that one in three foreign workers surveyed in Malaysian electronics was in a condition of forced labor. Because many of the most recognizable brands...
Sending Children Back to Extreme Violence Is Effective Death Sentence
On August 26, The Huffington Post published this piece by Ariel Zwang, CEO of Safe Horizon. Ms. Zwang tells the story of Hector (not his real name), who, alone, fled extreme violence in Honduras to the U.S. Recently, five Honduran children, who also fled to the U.S., were deported back...
News Round-up — August 1, 2014
Check out the latest News Round-up of ATEST members in media stories this week: News Stories Despite clampdown, human trafficking on rise by Joyeeta Chakravorty, Deccan Chronicle (July 30, 2014) Human trafficking is rearing its ugly head in western Wisconsin by Doug Stohlberg,...