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Global Centurion addresses the demand side in three ways: 1) Research on demand reduction and related issues; 2) training and awareness programs targeting demand; and 3) partnerships and collaboration. [2] A key project is the creation of an international modern slavery case law database, with over 6,000 cases from around the world.
Slavery Footprint, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, that works to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery [23] Stop Child Trafficking Now, an organization founded by Lynette Lewis, an author and public speaker [24] Stop the Traffik, a campaign coalition which aims to bring an end to human trafficking worldwide
Unseen's approach to fighting modern slavery is to tackle it from all sides – both the causes and the symptoms. Unseen provides specialist care for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation, including emergency safehouse accommodation and outreach support in order to rebuild safe and productive lives in the community.
The Campaign has released their US certified high school program called "Bodies are Not Commodities", which seeks to raise awareness about human trafficking amongst ninth and tenth graders. The goal is to teach students to help prevent human trafficking before it begins, making use of all forms of communication, from their abolitionist A-teams ...
Client Services – CAST's client services are designed to meet the needs of survivors of human trafficking, and include legal representation, social services such as job training, counseling, life skills training, and provision of food and shelter. CAST started the first shelter in the U.S. that exclusively houses survivors of human trafficking.
The Freedom Fund is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to identifying and investing in the most effective frontline efforts to end slavery. [1] [2] In 2017, the International Labour Organization reported that on any given day in 2016, there were 40 million people living in modern slavery worldwide across a wide range of industries.
The bracero program is an important chapter of US history that’s long been overlooked, according to Yolanda Chávez Leyva, an associate professor at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Hope for Justice worked with West Midlands Police on the largest modern slavery prosecution in UK history, in which a gang thought to be responsible for trafficking up to 400 victims was jailed. [19] Hope for Justice identified the first victims, leading to the whole network being uncovered, and eventually supported scores more.