AEHT uses public policy advocacy, community engagement, shareholder advocacy, and survivor-led partnerships to raise awareness and address the root causes of human trafficking.
Catholic Social Teaching calls for “action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world.” In response, AEHT remains committed to advocacy that tackles both the causes of trafficking and the needs of survivors.
Policies and practices that harm survivors of human trafficking or threaten migrants or others who are vulnerable to human trafficking must be exposed and rejected. Legislation addressing the vulnerability of children on the internet is also a priority for AEHT.
Persons who have been trafficked should have the opportunity to provide advice and recommendations to legislators and policy makers in order to improve U.S. policy and programming efforts.
Governments, corporations, and nongovernmental organizations must be encouraged to adopt a human rights-based approach to human trafficking that addresses the roots causes of trafficking and the exploitation of women and men and girls and boys. Four root causes that we are focused on are: climate change, forced migration, neo-liberal capitalism, and gender discrimination.
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development must be encouraged to promote programs that build the capacity of countries’ national and local legal and policy frameworks to prevent discrimination against girls and women, guarantee their access to quality engendered education, and secure their property, social security, land tenure, and inheritance rights.
Corporations must be held accountable for any forced or child labor in their labor recruitment and hiring and in their supply and distribution chains. Businesses should conduct human rights due diligence, as detailed in the UNGPs, and publicly disclose their efforts to respect and protect human rights, including the elimination of human trafficking and forced labor.
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