Preventing Human Trafficking

Preventing human trafficking is a complex and multi-faceted challenge. It involves a range of efforts to address the underlying factors that make individuals vulnerable to trafficking, as well as efforts to disrupt the activities of traffickers and support victims of trafficking. Some of the key strategies for preventing human trafficking include:

  • Strengthening laws and policies to prevent trafficking and provide support to victims. This can involve ratifying and implementing international conventions on trafficking, as well as developing and enforcing national laws and policies that address the crime.
  • Improving access to education and economic opportunities. Providing individuals with education and employment opportunities can help to reduce their vulnerability to trafficking.
  • Raising awareness of human trafficking and its signs. Educating the public about the risks and signs of trafficking can help individuals to recognize potential trafficking situations and seek help.
  • Collaborating with other organizations and agencies. Combating human trafficking often requires the coordination and cooperation of multiple organizations and agencies, both within and across national borders.
  • Supporting victims of trafficking. Providing victims with access to medical and psychological care, legal assistance, and other forms of support can help them to recover and rebuild their lives.

 

 

Three steps every hospital can take to implement human trafficking prevention programs
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Three steps every hospital can take to implement human trafficking prevention programs

Every successful conversation about preventing human trafficking starts with a simple instruction, according to survivors. “Show empathy,” implored Jose Alfaro at the final 2021 AHA, HEAL Trafficking and Jones Day anti-trafficking convening. Alfaro, himself a survivor, shared how – despite multiple contacts with health care for his post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use and anxiety –…

Global Centurion: May Newsletter
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Global Centurion: May Newsletter

June 3, 2013 New Laws Take Aim at Human Trafficking in Government Contracting Although federal government contractors have long been prohibited from engaging in human trafficking, in recent years, allegations of labor trafficking and sex trafficking in federal contracting have surfaced.[1] In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. government, particularly Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of…