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01/02/2015

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/01/pope-francis-new-year-mass-slavery-human-trafficking

Theme of service to mark Roman Catholic church’s World Day of Peace is ‘No Longer Slaves, but Brothers and Sisters’

12/23/2014

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/12/s*x-slavery-pushes-isil-victims-su***de-2014122313551421512.html

Amnesty International says girls from Iraq's Yazidi minority have had their lives shattered by ISIL s*xual violence.

10/04/2014

Don’t expect trafficking victims to be foreign: 83% of people forced into prostitution in the U.S. are from the U.S. They’re often runaways and sometimes have been at the mercy of their traffickers for so long they see themselves not as women being pimped out for s*x but as girlfriends helping their boyfriend pay the bills. “We’ve had women testify on behalf of their abuser, that they loved them and were not there against their will,” even though they had been severely abused, said Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance at the event. He’s seen at least one woman tattooed with a barcode by her trafficker, as a mark of ownership.

http://time.com/3445807/how-to-spot-a-trafficking-victim-at-an-airport/

S*x trafficking is a big business in the U.S. How come more people don't notice it?

09/24/2014

The Preventing S*x Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (H.R. 4980) passed and is on its way to the president's desk to be signed!! See more here..

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4980

To prevent and address s*x trafficking of children in foster care, to extend and improve adoption incentives, and to improve international child support recovery.

07/24/2014

HUGE NEWS: Yesterday the United States House of Representatives passed the Human Trafficking Prioritization Act (H.R.2283). This is a big step in the right direction! Thanks to Representative Christopher Smith for his leadership on the bill. Watch the victory at 7:54:11: http://cs.pn/1rcKVHt.

The House debates several bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation to prevent human trafficking, and is expected to work on a bill to direct the Education Secretary to implement…

07/14/2014

International Justice Mission
As the comes to a close and the global spotlight moves on, let's remember these children in Brazil who need our help. Sign THIS to help protect them: http://bitly.com/IJMPetition.

07/12/2014

Child slavery is real + we need YOUR help in fighting it! We’re looking for 3,000 signatures on this petition – think we can do it TODAY? SIGN: http://www.ijm.org/f4f.

07/11/2014

Stellar work guys!

International Justice Mission
2 mins ·
BREAKING: Today our team in Bangalore helped rescue 4 boys from a rose farm. Two were brothers, enslaved for 5 years. They were beaten for making any mistakes or not watering 4,000 plants daily.
begins NOW. As one boy said: "I will never go back there."

07/10/2014

From:
International Justice Mission
18 minutes ago
BREAKING: Rescue operation happening in Kolkata. Survivors of s*x trafficking sharing their stories now.

Pray for courage and truth to be illuminated.

06/09/2014

05/09/2014

NEWS: 7 girls RESCUED + 1 suspected trafficker ARRESTED! “There is a ray of hope in these children’s lives now that they have been rescued," says International Justice Mission staff after the operation. Stellar job guys!

05/06/2014

On the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls in Nigeria: "This tragic situation is shining a spotlight on the hidden nightmare of what it’s like to be poor in the developing world. You’re not safe. Violence is an everyday threat."