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Trauma is a psychological or emotional response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event, such as a natural disaster, an accident, or a act of violence. Trauma can affect individuals, families, and communities, and can have both short-term and long-term effects. Symptoms of trauma can include shock, anxiety, depression, flashbacks, and difficulty sleeping or concentrating. Trauma can also have physical effects, such as increased heart rate or blood pressure. The treatment of trauma often involves a combination of therapy, medication, and support from family and friends.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WBAY) – Human trafficking is a real issue happening across the country, including Wisconsin. However, most people don’t notice it even when it’s happening right in front of them. In all 72 counties of Wisconsin is another world unseen by most with the worst to offer. It’s known as “The Life.” “The Life,…
Criminalizing pregnancies out of wedlock and outlawing “females posing as men” are part of the amendments to the Shariah Criminal Offences Enactment 2022 that the Terengganu state legislative assembly recently passed – and people are not happy about it. The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) are calling for a human rights impact assessment in…
Maryland’s second busiest trauma center is receiving federal funding to help identify and aid victims of sex and labor trafficking. The University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center hospital (UM Capital) in Prince George’s County, Maryland, will get nearly $800,000 from the Department of Justice to go toward screening, identifying and supporting victims in medical…
December has begun, but it is not too late for those who wish to join the Dressember Foundation. Dressember is an organization founded in 2013 by Blythe Hill that aims to end human trafficking and support victims and survivors. Anyone can participate – here’s how: each advocate sets up a campaign page on the Dressember…
Worldwide, one person in every 150 lives in a situation of modern slavery, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO), a specialized agency of the UN. The total number of people affected is 50 million — up from 40 million just four years ago, according to the organization. What is “modern slavery”? Modern slavery is an…
This physician influenced the culture of both trauma services with the result that the topic of ritual abuse and mind control was integrated by other physicians into much of the treatment in the …
Turning Point has been helping survivors of domestic violence for decades, including victims of human trafficking, who were compelled against their will by force, fraud and coercion into commercial sexual acts or into labor or service. Now, thanks to a $400,000 renewable grant from Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Turning Point will have a Human…
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa Thelwell was awarded “Prosecutor of the Year” by Attorney General Ashley Moody at the annual Human Trafficking Summit. Lisa Thelwell remembers that August day in 2012 when Chief Assistant Don Horn welcomed her class of 40 new hires — mostly beginning lawyers like her — to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office….
HOUSTON – Sex trafficking and human smuggling make big headlines in Texas. They are both forms of human trafficking that victimizes many. Yet experts say another form of trafficking that is easier to accomplish is creating what many consider modern day slavery. [embedded content] It is called labor trafficking and the traffickers take advantage of…
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Throughout our series, Human Trafficking: A Look Inside ‘The Life’, a survivor bravely shared her story with Action 2 News viewers to bring awareness to a serious issue in Wisconsin. However, Jane, says public awareness in only the first step to combating human trafficking. Watch the video here. “I’m officially…
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