Story

A story is a narrative, or account, of events that happened in the past or that are being related by a narrator. Stories can be fictional or based on real events, and they can take many different forms, including written stories, oral stories, and visual stories (such as comics or movies). Stories can be used to entertain, educate, or inspire, and they are an important part of many cultures and traditions. Some common elements of a story include characters, setting, plot, and conflict.

A front-row seat to the Nigerian sex trade on a screen near you
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A front-row seat to the Nigerian sex trade on a screen near you

In a Human Trafficking Prevention Month installment for At the Edge of the Margins, CATW’s Medium publication, Executive Director Taina Bien-Aimé interviews Nigerian Director Kenneth Gyang about his film “Òlòturé,” available now on Netflix. They discuss his inspiration for the critically acclaimed movie, the realities of the Nigerian sex trade, sex trafficking within and from his country, and…

For Chloe.
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For Chloe.

A couple of weeks ago, our team (at Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking) received word that a young woman we had served earlier this year had died. We’ve been taking time to process; to grieve. And we want to honor her memory by giving space and recognition to her life. We wish you could have…

That was when I was informed that my friend recruited me as a prostitute to pay off a long term debt…
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That was when I was informed that my friend recruited me as a prostitute to pay off a long term debt…

My name is Vanessa and I am a single mother of one child living in Thika, Kiambu. After being in an abusive relationship, I chose to walk out and start a new life with my son. It wasn’t an easy journey. Soon, I was depending on well-wishers and my family for basic need support. A…

Police use Interactive Virtual Reality Training to Raise Awareness of Human Trafficking
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Police use Interactive Virtual Reality Training to Raise Awareness of Human Trafficking

Houston Police try ONE GENERATION™ and TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story from Radical Empathy Radical Empathy Education Foundation demonstrated their Virtual Reality training experience, TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story, at A 2nd Cup, in Houston Texas, and were honored to have a few moments with an expert in the field. Their VR experience represents the “Empathy”…

Meet Rob Morris, The Leader Who Fights Human Trafficking From The Hallway
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Meet Rob Morris, The Leader Who Fights Human Trafficking From The Hallway

  Rob Morris traveled to Southeast Asia in 2002 to learn more about the growing human trafficking advocacy movement. While on the trip, the drummer-turned-advocate was given a rare experience of joining an undercover team to a brothel investigation. There, he saw the girl who would change the course of his life. While standing shoulder-to-shoulder with predators,…

Jeffrey Epstein: A Predator In Plain Sight
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Jeffrey Epstein: A Predator In Plain Sight

Free Materials to Share and How to Report Suspected Trafficking Victimizers can look like everyday people. That is something parents and children need to understand. They hide in plain sight. They could be in your family or be one of your neighbors. It’s ugly, but true. That’s why your children need to be taught how…

Juvenile Delinquent or Victim of Human Trafficking?
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Juvenile Delinquent or Victim of Human Trafficking?

Story of a Human Trafficking Victim It’s midnight. Officer Scott pulls his patrol car into the lot of a small, 24-hour convenience store. As he approaches, he peers through the decal-laden glass door to see a middle-aged man struggling to restrain an agitated 16-year old girl. The store owner had caught this young woman and…

Agonising film SOLD shows the brutality of child trafficking | Daily Mail Online
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Agonising film SOLD shows the brutality of child trafficking | Daily Mail Online

‘Trafficking children for sex is an abomination of humanity’: Gillian Anderson admits being shocked at the scale of the slave trade in India Up to 46 million people globally live as slaves, generating an estimated $150 billion in illegal profits a year An estimated 1.8 million children are sold into the sex trade every year …

The Devil Went Down to Denver: The Satanic Temple, Unbaptisms, and Christian Conservatism
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The Devil Went Down to Denver: The Satanic Temple, Unbaptisms, and Christian Conservatism

Editor’s note: We present articles with information on “satanic panic” for your research on American culture. “They’re demonic. It’s sickening, some of these books,” said Cain Young of Task Force Freedom during a Jan. 24 presentation at Message of Life Ministries in Loveland. The purpose of the meeting was to present “actions you can take…