ATEST's written statement in the formal written record for the hearing on "The 2014 Humanitarian Crisis at Our Border: A Review of the Government’s Response to Unaccompanied Minors One Year Later," before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 7,...
Tag: Children/Youth
ATEST Welcomes Passage of the Girls Count Act
For Release: June 3, 2015 Washington, DC – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) welcomes the passage of the Girls Count Act as a strong measure to protect all children from exploitation and violence, such as human trafficking and forced labor. The Girls Count Act...
Senate Reintroduces Important Bill to Combat Youth Homelessness and Human Trafficking
For Release: January 28, 2015 Contact: Liz Baker, 202 503 3221 Washington, DC: The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) today voiced its support for S.262, the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act, introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking...
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...
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...
Despite Clampdown, Human Trafficking on Rise
BY Joyeeta Chakravorty Published on July 30, 2014 in the Deccan Chronicle Bengaluru: International Justice Mission (IJM), is a global human rights organization which stands against bonded labour in Bangalore. It also lobbies with the Government, the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit...
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...
Take Action: Protect. Don’t Punish.
ACT NOW! Sign on to ensure children get the care they deserve. Changes to the TVPRA would jeopardize the lives of children seeking safety in the United States. The cost of pushing vulnerable children back into dangerous or deadly situations is simply too high. Unaccompanied children...
Protect. Don’t Punish.
Maria* was 12 years old when she was kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to a home where she was held captive. She was beaten and raped on an almost daily basis and eventually forced into prostitution. Because of this she became pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl while held in slavery....
Protect Unaccompanied Children and Keep the U.S. Anti-Trafficking Law Intact
On July 25, Talking Points Memo published an op-ed by Melysa Sperber, the Director of the Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST), and Malika Saada Saar, Executive Director of Rights4Girls. They called on Congress and the Obama Administration to live up to their commitment to...