Tourism Industry

Planned shelter in Georgia for juvenile human trafficking victims getting government funding
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Planned shelter in Georgia for juvenile human trafficking victims getting government funding

A shelter under development in Savannah’s Chatham County for child survivors of human trafficking will receive a multi-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help fund operations for the 12-bed facility, scheduled to open in summer 2023. Tharros Place announced in December that the DOJ is awarding $250,000 annually over three years to…

Transitional Housing For Young Girls Who Survived Human Trafficking Is Coming To Georgia
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Transitional Housing For Young Girls Who Survived Human Trafficking Is Coming To Georgia

Source: Tinnakorn Jorruang / Getty Tharros Place, a shelter that provides support for survivors of human trafficking, is set to receive a massive grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The nonprofit has been awarded $250,000 which will be dispersed annually over the next three years to build a 12-bed facility exclusively for young female victims…

Dept. of Justice awards $750,000 grant to Savannah non-profit tackling human trafficking
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Dept. of Justice awards $750,000 grant to Savannah non-profit tackling human trafficking

At a press conference outside of the United Way on Bull Street on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it will award a $750,000 grant to Tharros Place, a start-up Savannah-based nonprofit that will provide a residential facility and wraparound support services to survivors of human trafficking. Standing at the podium, U.S. Attorney…

Teenage girl trains as salon worker after escaping forced marriage
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Teenage girl trains as salon worker after escaping forced marriage

Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…

Launch of the ECPAT Country Overview: Dominican Republic Report
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Launch of the ECPAT Country Overview: Dominican Republic Report

ECPAT International is proud to announce the release of a new ECPAT Country Overview. Children in Dominican Republic face greater vulnerability to sexual exploitation, resulting from failures in access to education and the normalisation of violence against women and girls. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—In cooperation with MAIS and the Down to Zero Alliance, ECPAT International is pleased…

Experiential education through a simulated summit to combat human trafficking
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Experiential education through a simulated summit to combat human trafficking

How can we offer experiential education to students during online and hybrid teaching? As professors and higher education institutions aim to increase student engagement and participation, it is important to identify creative ways of assisting students in improving their research and public-speaking skills, teamwork and sense of community. For students on my online course in…

Launch of the ECPAT Country Overview: Bangladesh Report
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Launch of the ECPAT Country Overview: Bangladesh Report

ECPAT International is proud to announce the release of a new ECPAT Country Overview. Children in Bangladesh face increased vulnerability to sexual exploitation due to factors such as poverty, widespread physical violence and insecurity caused by extreme weather and natural disasters. BANGLADESH—In cooperation with the Association for Community Development (ACD) and the Down to Zero…

Hampton Roads is especially vulnerable to human trafficking. Lawmakers and advocates are working to fight it and help survivors. – The Virginian-Pilot
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Hampton Roads is especially vulnerable to human trafficking. Lawmakers and advocates are working to fight it and help survivors. – The Virginian-Pilot

As a child, Sarah-Beth Evans said she was trafficked in plain sight. She went to school, took part in extracurricular activities and lived in a small rural town where many people knew her name. But she said no one realized she was a victim of sex trafficking by a family member. Evans, who now resides…

Second International Congress on Tourism Safety and Cultural Heritage
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Second International Congress on Tourism Safety and Cultural Heritage

How are civil society organisations and law enforcement working to prioritise child protection in the reactivation of the travel and tourism industry? Bogota DC, Colombia—On 1 July, ECPAT International’s Executive Director, Guillaume Landry, and Regional Coordinator for the Americas, Fabio Gonzalez Florez, attended the Second International Congress on Tourism Safety and Cultural Heritage.  Hosted by…

5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in Durban, South Africa
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5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in Durban, South Africa

Assessing global progress made towards achieving the goals of Target 8.7: Securing the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour by 2025.  The 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour was held in Durban between 15-20 May 2022.   Hosted by the Government of South Africa, delegates from around the world…