For Release: July 16, 2015 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds President Obama’s nomination of an Ambassador-at-Large to combat human trafficking, who also serves as Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (J/TIP) at the U.S. Department of...
Tag: Labor Trafficking
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...
Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking Act of 2013 (H.R. 1732)
The trafficking of children for both sexual and labor exploitation is an egregious human rights abuse affecting a growing number of youth in the United States, many of whom come into contact with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. ATEST is working to improve the proper...
Strengthen Regulation of Foreign Labor Recruiters to Prevent Human Trafficking & Forced Labor
Labor recruiters are often complicit or directly involved in the trafficking of workers, exploiting U.S. nonimmigrant visa programs. These recruiters, who operate in a climate of impunity, lure impoverished and desperate foreign workers to the United States, promising jobs described as...
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 New CA legislation signed by Governor Brown an “important milestone” The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST)...
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...
News Round-up — May 16, 2014
In the latest News Round-up, the members of ATEST were featured across media outlets this week. The news captured events surrounding the kidnapping of hundreds of girls in Nigeria by Boko Haram, with anti-trafficking experts responding that this is just the tip of the iceberg, as human...
Double-Bound: How Immigration Law Can Trap Trafficking Victims
By Jennifer Allen Jung Published on May 14, 2014 in Christianity Today An attorney’s insight on the complicated legal setting for domestic trafficking. Stepping out of silent bondage and into freedom is a scary and painful journey for human trafficking victims. It's a journey...
Resources for Learning how to Fight Human Trafficking
Published on May 7, 2014 in Travel Weekly The Polaris Project designs training programs, lobbies for legislation to fight human trafficking and provides services for victims. It operates the National Human Trafficking Hotline, (888) 373-7888. Ecpat USA advocates for protective...
News Round-up — May 9, 2014
This week, ATEST members appeared in news stories across the United States and around the world. From arrests of traffickers in North Carolina to combating this crime in the Philippines, media outlets highlighted advances in ending human trafficking, as well as the challenges that...