Human trafficking is a profoundly painful experience, exacerbated when the exploiter is known to a survivor as her father, partner, mother, aunt, uncle or sibling. Sometimes, more than one family…
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Working With Youth: Resources for Educators
By Carolina Lenzo Whether employed or volunteering in a school, camp, tutoring center or any other avenue involving kids, those working with youth must prioritize their safety, which includes being…
Takeaways from the 2022 US Department of State TIP Report
The 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report was released this July by the US State Department. The report highlights critical issues in human trafficking, including the “inequitable impact of human trafficking…
Why anti-trafficking advocates care about the TVPRA bills and why they matter
The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022 (TVPRA) was passed in July by the House of Representatives. This piece of legislation reauthorizes the Trafficking Victims Protection Act…
Technology and Trafficking — More Than a Headline
Predators and exploiters flock to places where they can make connections; that includes the digital environment. Creating and sharing child sexual abuse material, grooming and gaining trust, posting ads for…
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Use and Abuse of Technology
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is this month on July 30. The United Nations General Assembly introduced this day in 2013 in order to “raise awareness of the situation…
Creating a City Free of Exploitation: Let’s Pass a Fair Trade Resolution in NYC!
At LifeWay Network, we are pursuing a Fair Trade resolution in order to tackle and magnify the importance of Fair Trade in New York. Fair Trade is a market strategy…
Forms of Human Trafficking Less Discussed: Trafficking Persons for Organ Removal
By Carolina Lenzo and Tori Curbelo Just like sex and labor trafficking, organ trafficking is the illicit trafficking of humans in a trade fueled by high demand and low supply.…
What is Juneteenth?
When did slavery end in the United States? It depended on where you lived. According to Juneteenth.com, Juneteenth (also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day or Emancipation Day) celebrates the…
Familial Trafficking: Foster Care
By Tori Curbelo and Carolina Lenzo “Make money not friends” read the shirt of a man facing sex trafficking charges in the Manhattan Supreme Court in February.1 What is more…