Economic Empowerment

Two University of Richmond Students Receive Grants for Projects Focused on Human-Wildlife Interaction and Human Trafficking
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Two University of Richmond Students Receive Grants for Projects Focused on Human-Wildlife Interaction and Human Trafficking

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Two University of Richmond seniors — Ngan Bui and Elspeth Collard — have each received $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grants. Projects for Peace is an initiative supporting college students on grassroots projects designed to build peace. It’s only the second time since the program’s inception in 2007 that two UR…

Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Nonprofit Takes Aim
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Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Nonprofit Takes Aim

Imagine a seven-year-old girl, spending her days not in school, but cooking and cleaning for a family in a wealthy suburb. Or a young mother struggling to make ends meet, lured away from her children by an employment agency and forced into sex work abroad. For millions of people, this is a reality. Human trafficking…

The threats and remedies of human trafficking – The Nation
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The threats and remedies of human trafficking – The Nation

Human trafficking includes unjust practices including recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving persons through the use of force, coercion, deception, or other means for the purpose of exploiting them. This exploitation can take many forms, be it sexual exploitation, forced labor, domestic servitude, forced marriage or even extreme measures like organ removal. This crime is…

Human trafficking remains high despite war against it
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Human trafficking remains high despite war against it

HAART Kenya research manager Dr Fatuma Mohammed describes human trafficking as an act that involves the use of human beings for selfish gain or, in simple terms, the trade of humans. She says it is synonymous with exploitation. There are different forms of human trafficking, she says, including being exploited sexually, forced labour, forced begging,…

For human trafficking survivors, "healing is a lifelong process" – Naples Daily News
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For human trafficking survivors, "healing is a lifelong process" – Naples Daily News

At an early age, Tammy Toney-Butler was a victim of human trafficking. “As a trauma survivor, we don’t have a whole lot of memories,” said Toney-Butler. “But I know that I was being victimized way back in kindergarten and probably earlier. My mother would have been considered my trafficker.” Toney-Butler, founder of A & K…

Survivors of human trafficking to receive economic empowerment – BusinessGhana
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Survivors of human trafficking to receive economic empowerment – BusinessGhana

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has, therefore, been signed between the International Justice Mission (IJM) and United Way, Ghana to create an effective community-based solutions to end human trafficking in the country. It is also to support the survivors whilst equipping them to fight against the menace A statement jointly signed by Madam Anita Budu,…

Walk in downtown Ventura brings awareness of human trafficking
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Walk in downtown Ventura brings awareness of human trafficking

The Soroptimist clubs of Camarillo, Oxnard and Ventura joined together in Ventura Saturday for the 16th time to raise awareness of human trafficking. Dozens of club members and supporters walked through downtown Ventura holding signs calling for an end to the practice and later gathered to learn more about the issue during a panel discussion…

Successful repatriation of 31 victims of Human Trafficking
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Successful repatriation of 31 victims of Human Trafficking

“We were expected to work for long hours. If you showed signs of weakness, they would threaten that they would give you up for organ harvesting”   …. recalled a survivor as she shared her experience with HAART Kenya Nairobi, on 31st of August, 2022 HAART received a call for help via social media and…

Measures to check gender-based violence highlighted – The News International
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Measures to check gender-based violence highlighted – The News International

LAHORE : All Pakistan Women’s Association (APWA) held a consultation with stakeholders on reducing gender-based violence (GBV) recently at a local hotel. On weekend, APWA held a large gathering in its auditorium of its members and workers predominantly women and their children, and announced the recommendations received from the civil society activists, Punjab government representatives…

Social Welfare identifies poverty as leading cause of child trafficking – News Ghana
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Social Welfare identifies poverty as leading cause of child trafficking – News Ghana

The increasing levels of poverty among the citizenry is the major cause of child trafficking in the Central Region, the Regional Social Welfare Directorate has stated. The Directorate explained that parents’ inability to provide basic needs such as food, shelter and education, among others for their wards, has resulted in children being exchanged for a…