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United Way Worldwide and Survivor Alliance Unveil Fellowship for Survivors of Human Trafficking
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United Way Worldwide and Survivor Alliance Unveil Fellowship for Survivors of Human Trafficking

Washington, D.C., June 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Survivor Alliance and United Way Worldwide are launching a new fellowship program that prepares survivors of human trafficking to take on leadership roles in U.S. organizations working to stem the tide of global trafficking. Human trafficking is illegal in every country but happens worldwide, impacting an estimated…

Survivor-led training to give close look at effects of human trafficking
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Survivor-led training to give close look at effects of human trafficking

NILES, Ohio (WKBN) – A training this week in Trumbull County aims to put the audience in the shoes of a victim of human trafficking. A division of Mahonic County Public Health called The Mahoning Valley Pathways HUB will host a Survivor Led Human Trafficking Awareness Training on Friday. The event will last from 10…

Survivor provides training | News, Sports, Jobs – The Vindicator
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Survivor provides training | News, Sports, Jobs – The Vindicator

NILES — Community health workers attended a survivor-led Human Trafficking Awareness Training on Friday hosted by a division of Mahoning County Public Health called The Mahoning Valley Pathways HUB inside Rust City Church in Niles. Teresa Merriweather, 41, of Lorain County, a survivor of human trafficking, walked the crowd through a comprehensive view into the…

Fighting Human Trafficking as a Survivor Leader | United Way Worldwide
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Fighting Human Trafficking as a Survivor Leader | United Way Worldwide

To mark #MyFreedomDay on March 16, a day-long student-driven event to raise awareness of human trafficking, United Way is re-publishing this blog by a person with lived experience of human trafficking. As part of our commitment to empowering survivors, United Way and Survivor Alliance have opened up applications for a new fellowship for human trafficking…

Survivors work to prevent human trafficking, aid victims – U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Italy
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Survivors work to prevent human trafficking, aid victims – U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Italy

Victims of human trafficking come from every region of the globe. Increasingly, survivors are taking the lead in the fight against the crime and in helping its victims to heal. To understand the scope of the problem, caused primarily by criminals subjecting victims to forced labor or sex trafficking, one need only see the International Labour Organization estimates, which…

2022 could be the worst year for modern slavery – The Scotsman
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2022 could be the worst year for modern slavery – The Scotsman

Such slavery includes a range of exploitative practices including forced, compulsory and child labour to debt bondage and human trafficking. Criminal practice affects more than 40 million people worldwide, 24.9 million of which are said to be exploited through forced labour, with 16 million in global supply chains. And crooks profiting from this make approximately…

2022 could be worst year so far for modern slavery – Daily Express
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2022 could be worst year so far for modern slavery – Daily Express

Criminal practice affects more than 40 million people worldwide – 24.9 million of which are said to be exploited through forced labour, with 16 million in global supply chains. And numbers indicate that 2022 could become the worst year so far for modern slavery in the UK – with crooks who profit from this making…

CNN op-ed: Five reasons I’m optimistic despite grim new statistics on forced labor
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CNN op-ed: Five reasons I’m optimistic despite grim new statistics on forced labor

Editor’s note: there are multiple videos on the original post’s page here. Terry FitzPatrick is director of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking, a coalition of US-based organizations working to prevent and combat forced labor and human trafficking in more than 100 countries. He is writing in his personal capacity as an expert with…

Biographic Information for Members of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
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Biographic Information for Members of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking

Tanya Gould Tanya Gould, a survivor of domestic sex trafficking, is the founder of Identifiable Me, a non-profit that helps move those who have been victimized by sexual violence towards self-discovery and their life’s purpose. Ms. Gould serves as a mentor, consultant, advisor, trainer, and keynote speaker on topics relating to her story. Years after…