For Release: September 29, 2014 Contact Sabrina Wong, CAST, [email protected], 213 201-6887 Liz Baker, ATEST, [email protected], 202 503 3221 New CA legislation signed by Governor Brown an “important milestone” The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST)...
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Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking Applauds CA Law to Combat Trafficking
For Release: September 29, 2014 CONTACT Sabrina Wong, CAST, [email protected], 213 201-6887 Liz Baker, ATEST, [email protected], 202 503 3221 Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking Applauds CA Law to Combat TraffickingNew CA legislation signed by Governor Brown an...
Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking Announces Membership Expansion
For Release: September 9, 2014 Three new organizations broaden coalition’s reach and expertise WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking, a U.S.-based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking worldwide, today...
On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons U.S. Must Stand up for Vulnerable Migrant Children
For Release: July 30, 2014 (Washington, DC) – Today, as the world celebrates the first UN-declared World Day against Trafficking in Persons, leaders in Congress and the White House are contemplating policy changes that would undermine the United States’ most important tool in the...
ATEST Applauds State Department Decision to Hold States Accountable in Newest Human Trafficking Report
For Release: June 20, 2014 Washington, D.C. — The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) praised Secretary of State John F. Kerry’s downgrading of countries that continue to fail to address human trafficking in the State Department’s annual Trafficking...
ATEST Applauds Introduction of Federal Business Supply Chain Transparency Legislation
For Release: June 12, 2014 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), a coalition of U.S.-based human rights organizations committed to eradicating modern slavery and human trafficking, applauds the introduction of the Business Supply Chain...
ATEST Applauds Introduction of Federal Business Supply Chain Transparency Legislation
For Release: June 12, 2014 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), a coalition of U.S.-based human rights organizations committed to eradicating modern slavery and human trafficking, applauds the introduction of the Business Supply...
National Call on Child Welfare – February 20, 2014
For Release: February 27, 2014 The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) hosted a National Call on Child Welfare on February 20, 2014. ATEST was joined by anti-trafficking organizations to discuss the latest developments in child welfare legislation pending in the House...
ATEST Welcomes KnowTheChain as Tool for Promoting Transparency Around Slavery in Supply Chains
For Release: October 20, 2013 (Washington, DC) – A partnership of organizations committed to combatting modern day slavery today unveiled KnowTheChain, an online resource created to educate companies, investors, policymakers and consumers about the existence of...
ATEST Commends State Department for Holding Bad Actors Accountable in Latest Human Trafficking Report
For Release: June 19, 2013 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) praised Secretary of State John F. Kerry for calling to account countries that have continually failed to show improvement in fighting human trafficking in the State Department’s annual Trafficking in...