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“Sometimes you get passionate, but then you have to live the things you say.”
Cindy Breilh, Women of Vision Director at the Love Does conference
Ever attend a conference that was specifically designed to fill you with an outpouring of God’s love? Last week, four members of the Women of Vision team attended the Love Does Stuff 2013 Conference organized by Bob Goff. It was a gathering of “a community of friends to simply talk about who we are and what we’d like to...
Collaboration between groups has been hard to achieve in the fight against slavery, but new partnerships are driving change. Why has collaboration proved so difficult for groups essentially all working towards the same broad aims?
Collaboration is not an issue that immediately springs to mind when considering the international fight against global slavery and trafficking. Yet in a sector so divided by geography and so crippled by a lack of funding, the ability to work together, share...
May 13th is a special day in Brazil. It’s the date Brazilians celebrate the Abolition Act, which outlawed slavery here in 1888. This year marked the 125th anniversary.
Of course, slavery still exists in Brazil even though it has been illegal for more than a century. That’s why officials in several Brazilian states picked this year’s commemoration to launch new anti-slavery initiatives.
In the state of São Paulo, Governor Geraldo Alckmin launched enforcement of a new law to close any business...
From the Office of the Mayor, City of New York:
Proclamation
Whereas: For more than 20 years, ECPAT-USA has done outstanding work in its mission to end child prostitution and trafficking, many Americans do not realize that these crimes continue to be serious problems in our country – and even more disturbing, that they remain underreported and poorly understood. Vigorous national action is needed to bring about change. Today, New Yorkers are proud to do our part, as we celebrate “...
“When you are in ‘the life,’ nobody offers you anything unless they want something from you.” –Trafficked Victim
It is vital that health care providers understand that when trafficking victims seek medical sevices, they will not act like doe-eyed, innocent victims, yearning to be rescued. But they are victims, too afraid to ask for help, and are in need of rescue.
ECPAT-USA has developed a training for health care service providers to help them identify the victims of Commercial Sexual...
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Call Now: Foreign Labor Recruiters
May 10 - Please act now. Call members of Senate Judiciary Committee and urge them to support amendments in Immigration Reform bill that will strengthen regulation of foreign labor recruiters.
Guide to Anti-Slavery Funding
