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How a Jim Crow-era strategy blocked 4.6 million people from voting in 2022
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How a Jim Crow-era strategy blocked 4.6 million people from voting in 2022

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Reading Time: 8 minutes A type of law first created after the end of slavery to prohibit Black men from voting prevented more than 4.6 million Americans from participating in the 2022 midterm elections. Forty-eight states strip voting rights from people convicted of felonies, no small decision in the country with the highest incarceration rate…

The Trafficking in Persons Office Announces Recipients of the 2022 Program to End Modern Slavery
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The Trafficking in Persons Office Announces Recipients of the 2022 Program to End Modern Slavery

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) is pleased to announce seven new awards under the Program to End Modern Slavery (PEMS).  Starting October 1, 2022, these programs will implement innovative and transformative approaches to combat human trafficking, including a focus on financial inclusion in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe; climate and displacement…

UGA CenHTRO hosts human trafficking documentary screening at Cinè
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UGA CenHTRO hosts human trafficking documentary screening at Cinè

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The University of Georgia’s Center on Human Trafficking Research and Outreach, or CenHTRO, and the Willson Center for Humanities & Arts hosted a free screening for the public at Ciné of Lansana “Barmmy Boy” Mansaray’s short documentaries on child labor and human trafficking in Sierra Leone, Africa. The event was organized by CenHTRO’s director, David…