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DOUGLAS USA Becomes Official Mississippi Businesses Against Trafficking (MBAT) Partner to Combat Human Trafficking
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DOUGLAS USA Becomes Official Mississippi Businesses Against Trafficking (MBAT) Partner to Combat Human Trafficking

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COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, UNITED STATES, September 26, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — The DOUGLAS USA LLC – CONSULTANCY (DOUGLAS USA) announces it is an official Mississippi Businesses Against Trafficking (MBAT) partner to combat human trafficking. The MBAT website (https://www.sos.ms.gov/mbat) provides business owner partners with educational materials that identify types of human trafficking, warning signs, and ways to enhance…

Story from Blue Campaign: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is Sunday, July 30
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Story from Blue Campaign: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is Sunday, July 30

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Do you know what human trafficking looks like? Myths and misconceptions make the crime difficult to spot. Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked worldwide – including right here in the United…

Hennen: It’s not human trafficking, it’s slavery
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Hennen: It’s not human trafficking, it’s slavery

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There are more slaves today than at any other time in our history, even when slavery was legal. Did you know that? I didn’t until I saw the must-see movie of summer: “Sound of Freedom.” Movie reviews have been glowing: “It’s based on an incredible true story and it shines a light on the darkest…

Santa Clarita Unit – SCV Human Trafficking Prevention Summit (3 CEU) on September 29
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Santa Clarita Unit – SCV Human Trafficking Prevention Summit (3 CEU) on September 29

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This is a hybrid event but CEUs will only be granted for those who attend in person.  Please join the Santa Clarita Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, Santa Clarita NASW, College of the Canyons, Henry Mayo Hospital, Child and Family Center, Zoe, Saving Innocence, and Higher Ground in the SCV Human Trafficking Summit on September…

LISTEN: Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos on advocating for migrant farmworkers’ rights
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LISTEN: Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos on advocating for migrant farmworkers’ rights

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Dr. Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss why we must advocate for better workplace conditions for the people who grow our food.  Iglesias-Ríos, researcher at the University of Michigan and a co-investigator of the Michigan Farmworker Project, also talks about being raised by two strong women, her winding…

The Harrowing State of Women's Rights in Lebanon – Arab Center Washington DC
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The Harrowing State of Women's Rights in Lebanon – Arab Center Washington DC

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The problems facing women in Lebanon today have been further complicated by the financial, economic, and social crises that have been affecting the country since 2019. It is therefore not surprising that women were on the frontlines of the so-called Tishreen (October) Revolution in 2019, because their rights were central to these protests. The uprising…

The Situation of the Rohingya and Deadly Sea Crossings – Refugees International
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The Situation of the Rohingya and Deadly Sea Crossings – Refugees International

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This piece was jointly submitted with Women’s Peace Network to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons in response to their call for inputs. For decades, as an ethnic minority group, the Rohingya people have faced discrimination, oppression, and persecution in Myanmar. Stripped from their access to property, citizenship, and other basic rights,…

Former victim warns of human trafficking signs | Local | journalgazette.net
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Former victim warns of human trafficking signs | Local | journalgazette.net

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Human trafficking survivor Keeya Vawar hopes those who heard her speak Saturday left with greater awareness of an illicit multi-billion-dollar industry that thrives on victimizing people the world over. The Dallas, Texas woman also hopes the audience took away an understanding of some of the warning signs that could indicate a person is at risk…

Police: Three arrested for suspected human trafficking in Salinas – KION546
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Police: Three arrested for suspected human trafficking in Salinas – KION546

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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- Salinas Police Department’s Violence Suppression Task Force, Detectives, and SWAT, along with Monterey County Sheriff’s SWAT team, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office, and Homeland Security served a search warrant at a home at 62 Boronda Road Thursday. The warrant was an investigation into alleged prostitution and possible human trafficking happening on…

Health care workers should look for signs of human trafficking, Michigan doctor says
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Health care workers should look for signs of human trafficking, Michigan doctor says

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Nearly 88% of human trafficking survivors report accessing health care services during their trafficking situation, according to a nonprofit advocacy group known as the Polaris Project. That statistic could be surprising. However, it’s appropriate – if not a slight underestimate – once people start to understand what trafficking looks like, explained Dr. Jamie Hope, an…