At the close of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (“PITF”) meeting in January, Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady, challenged administration staff to feel the “fierce urgency of the remaining 12...
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A First Step Toward Stopping the Import of Goods Made With Forced and Child Labor
The Senate voted last week to close a loophole in the Tariff Act of 1930, a law that prohibits goods made by forced, child or prison labor from entering the United States unless the United States doesn’t produce enough of those goods to meet consumer demand. This ‘consumptive...
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Every January, anti-trafficking advocates leverage National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month to raise awareness of modern slavery in the United States. ATEST has had the privilege to work with human trafficking survivor-advocates, whose voices are at the forefront of...
Photo Exhibition: Children Don’t Migrate, They Flee
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...
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...
Five Years Later: Anti-slavery Groups Reflect on the CA Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010
Today marks five years since SB 657, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 was signed into law. This groundbreaking legislation calls public attention to the often opaque supply chains of goods and services we use daily. ATEST was involved in pressing for the passage...
Take Action! End Slavery in U.S. Supply Chains
Human trafficking and forced labor have no place in our supply chains. If you agree: Tell the House of Representatives to take the first step to passing the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 (H.R. 3226) by holding a hearing. Together we...
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...
Tell Congress to Llisten to Survivors and Strengthen Efforts to End Modern Slavery
Almost 14 years after the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, there is now a substantial group of identified survivors of human trafficking who are poised to inform U.S. policy, public awareness and educational efforts, and programmatic and funding decisions. Their voices...