Vulnerable Child

A vulnerable child is a child who is at an increased risk of harm or exploitation due to their age, gender, health, or other factors. Vulnerable children may be more susceptible to abuse, neglect, or exploitation, and may require additional protection and support to ensure their safety and well-being. Vulnerable children may include children who are living in poverty, children who have disabilities, children who have been separated from their families, and children who are living in conflict or disaster-affected areas. Governments and organizations around the world are working to identify and support vulnerable children, and to protect their rights and promote their welfare.

Biden Admin. Allowed Migrant Child Trafficking, Silenced Whistleblowers – Texas Border Business
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Biden Admin. Allowed Migrant Child Trafficking, Silenced Whistleblowers – Texas Border Business

On the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) detailed a recent investigation alleging that the Biden administration ignored reports of labor trafficking involving thousands of migrant children and retaliated against whistleblowers. YouTube Image   WASHINGTON, DC – On the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) detailed a recent investigation alleging that the Biden administration ignored reports of labor trafficking involving thousands…

Child Labor Is on the Rise as Republicans See an Answer to Labor Shortages
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Child Labor Is on the Rise as Republicans See an Answer to Labor Shortages

A grim truth underlies U.S. industry: the appalling practice of child labor, widely perceived as an anachronism, is far from a thing of the sooty industrial past. U.S. consumers may have a hazy sense that children labor somewhere in foreign sweatshops to manufacture their goods — but such faraway tragedies are too easily forgotten at…

Syria's child earthquake survivors at risk of abuse and exploitation, experts fear
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Syria's child earthquake survivors at risk of abuse and exploitation, experts fear

Follow the latest on the earthquake in Turkey Thousands of children in Syria are at risk of abuse in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that has killed more than 42,000 people and resulted in hundreds, if not thousands, of children left unaccompanied, humanitarian groups told The National. Last Monday, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck in…

Local human trafficking survivors share stories, guidance for how to protect youth
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Local human trafficking survivors share stories, guidance for how to protect youth

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Jasmine Myers’ trafficker was a family member, who repeatedly sold her to adult men for sex from the time she was 5 until she was removed from her home at age 17. Taylor Venezuela met her trafficker through a false modeling job, where he lured her into pornography when she was 19….

The Criminal Offence of Human Trafficking – Lexology
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The Criminal Offence of Human Trafficking – Lexology

Right from under the noses of the British Home Office, hundreds of child refugees, seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, are being abducted and trafficked for all sorts of reasons. The British Home Office has been repeatedly cautioned by a multitude of agencies, about the dangers such vulnerable children faced, arriving unaccompanied from their homelands….

For human trafficking survivors, "healing is a lifelong process" – Naples Daily News
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For human trafficking survivors, "healing is a lifelong process" – Naples Daily News

At an early age, Tammy Toney-Butler was a victim of human trafficking. “As a trauma survivor, we don’t have a whole lot of memories,” said Toney-Butler. “But I know that I was being victimized way back in kindergarten and probably earlier. My mother would have been considered my trafficker.” Toney-Butler, founder of A & K…

How traffickers are targeting area kids – Oakridger
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How traffickers are targeting area kids – Oakridger

Vulnerable children in East Tennessee are being targeted by traffickers seeking to get them to perform free labor or sex for profit, according to Lisa Bolton of the Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking (CCAHT). She spoke online recently to the Women’s Interfaith Dialogue of Oak Ridge. Offering various real-life scenarios during her online presentation, Bolton…

Oceans Apart: A Story of Two Young Girls Living in Two Very Different Worlds
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Oceans Apart: A Story of Two Young Girls Living in Two Very Different Worlds

*Based on a true story. Tanzania Fourteen-year-old Aziza* washed dishes for her family after dinner. Soapy suds sparkled in the dim glow of candlelight—her family couldn’t afford to install electric lighting. She was slow at her chores tonight because her mind kept wandering to the future. Everything was about to change. She found a job!…

CHR assures monitoring, assessment of cases involving child trafficking, abuse, exploitation
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CHR assures monitoring, assessment of cases involving child trafficking, abuse, exploitation

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has assured its continuous monitoring and assessment of the findings by United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) Mama Fatima Singhateh on child trafficking, forced marriage and labor, and sexual exploitation of children in the Philippines. Also, the CHR said it “will continue to work with…

CHR bats for centers, training to help victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation
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CHR bats for centers, training to help victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation

Philstar.com December 22, 2022 | 1:43am MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights on Thursday highlighted the need for separate centers for children who are victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation. The commission also called attention to the lack of special training of prosecutors in handling child sexual abuse cases. To recall, Mama Fatima Singhateh — the…