The Nexus Between Covid-19 and Human Trafficking By Jeanne Christensen, RSM Justice Advocate – Human Trafficking Sisters of Mercy of the Americas West Midwest Community This was originally written for and published in the July Mercy Now eNewsletter The Alliance to End Human Trafficking’s Advocacy Committee has been exploring, writing...
Human trafficking has many faces. Imagine a teenage girl pressured into prostitution by her boyfriend to pay the rent; a foreign national tricked into domestic servitude with promises of a better life; a fisherman trapped at sea working for wages that never materialize. These are...
Human Trafficking: The Legacy of 400 Years of Racism and Colonialism By Jennifer Reyes Lay, Executive Director of AEHT As we approach the annual World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30th, it is important to reflect not only on the present reality of human trafficking...
Alliance to End Human Trafficking envisions a world without slavery with a network of resources and services to prevent the crime and assist survivors in achieving a fulfilling life. While there is great diversity in those who are victims and survivors of human trafficking, one...
Rasheeda Bibi has five rupees to her name. A worker in India’s sex industry, she lives in the narrow lanes of Kolkata’s Kalighat red light area with her three children in a room she rents for 620 rupees (£6) a month. As a thunderstorm rages through...
Refugees and Human Trafficking in the Context of a Pandemic by Kathleen Bonnette, Th.D. Globally, there are more than 70 million displaced people who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict and persecution. A refugee is an officially recognized and vetted displaced person, who...
CLEVELAND (CNS) -- Advocates fighting human traffickers are alerting children, parents and vulnerable adults that the coronavirus pandemic has pushed traffickers into new venues, potentially endangering more people to being exploited. Seemingly innocent online venues are becoming popular places for sex traffickers to groom unwitting children...
May, 2020 The Value of Community During the Covid-19 Pandemic Joan Dawber, SC It is springtime. I look out of my window and see the beauty of a flowering pear in full bloom. Each day I go for a solitary walk and I end the walk by picking...
By Jennifer Reyes Lay, Executive Director of AEHT As we gather in our homes or online to celebrate the joyous feast of Easter, remembering Christ’s resurrection and the promise of life after death, it is a perfect time to reflect on how our hope and faith...
Joan Dawber, SC, AEHT Board member and Founder of Lifeway Network, offers a beautiful homily for Good Friday. She challenges us to see, listen and love as Jesus does. Are we willing to take up that challenge? [embed]https://youtu.be/UJIFP04uuo0[/embed] ...
