America

America is a continent located in the western hemisphere and is made up of North America and South America. It is the third-largest continent in the world, covering an area of approximately 9.5 million square miles.

The United States of America is a country located in North America and is made up of 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is a federal constitutional republic and is one of the world’s largest and most influential nations.

It is home to a wide range of languages, ethnicities, and cultures, and it has a rich history and a complex political system. The U.S. is also home to a number of world-class educational institutions and is a leader in many areas of science, technology, and the arts.

The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles’ Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

IOM Director General's Executive Office | International Organization for Migration
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IOM Director General's Executive Office | International Organization for Migration

The Department of External Relations is responsible for supporting and coordinating the Organization’s relations with its Member States, intergovernmental organizations and civil society. The Department leads and coordinates IOM’s external engagements, including IOM’s support for global and regional consultative processes. The Department coordinates the Organization’s participation in multilateral mechanisms, conferences and processes and follow-up to…

Hidden in Plain Sight: Survivors share stories to help combat human trafficking in Hampton Roads
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Survivors share stories to help combat human trafficking in Hampton Roads

Part 1: What is human trafficking? Watch related video here. Human trafficking is one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. It’s a global issue, and Hampton Roads is not immune. The Polaris Project says 25 million people are being trafficked worldwide. A fraction of those victims are either trafficked through our…

Campaign To End Human Trafficking Introduces More Challenges For Migrating Nigerian Women – Eurasia Review
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Campaign To End Human Trafficking Introduces More Challenges For Migrating Nigerian Women – Eurasia Review

Human anti-trafficking campaigns rely on the “three p’s” of prevention, protection and prosecution. But a fourth one – preemption – has now resulted in a thorny controversy. A new book titled “Unmaking Migrants: Nigeria’s Campaign to End Human Trafficking” reveals how government agents have stopped thousands of women during the past 20 years from traveling out of…

15-year-old Girl Snatched from Basketball Game and Trafficked to Another State
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15-year-old Girl Snatched from Basketball Game and Trafficked to Another State

Click a link below to jump to a particular article or scroll down to read the whole blog post. Local and regional IA coalition updates Thanks to hotel employees, missing girl found, and Michigan man charged with trafficking Labor trafficking case exposes farmworker abuses Why the average

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People incarcerated in the US produce $11 billion worth of goods a year but can’t afford a bar of soap
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People incarcerated in the US produce $11 billion worth of goods a year but can’t afford a bar of soap

Passed by the U.S. Congress on January 31, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery. But, due to an exception clause, the amendment allowed slavery to remain legal as punishment for a crime, thus allowing states to extract free labor from prisoners. Today, in the U.S., more than 65% of those incarcerated…

Whatever the panic, girls are always victims
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Whatever the panic, girls are always victims

PBJ Learning note: Male victims of trafficking and abuse are VERY real and are, in many instances, forgotten or discarded. The title here seems dismissive of their reality, which we do NOT agree with. The article covers important issues that need to be discussed, so please accept our apologies for this being, in any way,…

Diving Deeper into the Facts Behind Human Trafficking
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Diving Deeper into the Facts Behind Human Trafficking

While researching the facts listed in our previous article, we found several pieces of information repeated across the internet that do not necessarily fit on a traditional fact sheet. We added those claims here as we dive deeper into the truth about human trafficking. As we addressed in our last blog post, we strive for…

Some prison labor programs lose money — even when prisoners work for pennies
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Some prison labor programs lose money — even when prisoners work for pennies

“Inside Out” by Keri Blakinger is a partnership between NBC News and The Marshall Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the U.S. criminal justice system. The column draws on Blakinger’s unique perspective as an investigative journalist and formerly incarcerated person. Nora worked the fields outside Texas prisons for nearly three years. But she didn’t learn much…