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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…

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…

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 is this month on July 30. The United Nations General Assembly introduced this day in 2013 in order to “raise awareness of the situation…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

By Carolina Lenzo In honor of Women’s History Month, LifeWay Network would like to recognize a few of the many women who have made a difference in the fight against…

As LifeWay continues to Shed Light on Trafficking in 2022, we are reminded that having the “choice” to work, where to work, and to quit, is not the case in…