Human Trafficking
What is Human Trafficking?from My Lifetime
"Trafficking in persons is modern-day slavery involving human beings who are bought, sold, and forced into slave labor and/or sexual exploitation. The U.S. government estimates that up to 800,000 people are taken from their homes and families and forced across international borders each year, while millions more are trafficked within their own countries. Eighty percent are women and girls. The sale of women and girls is becoming as common as the sale of illegal drugs and weapons. The U.S. government estimates that criminals are making $9.5 billion a year from this industry."
See Nicholas Kristof Journeys into Cambodia's Sex Trade (February 2007).
Links
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition
The Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking
Children and Human Trafficking
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Entertainment Industries Council
Family Violence Prevention Fund
Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery
Polaris Project for a World without Slavery
International Women's Health Coalition
The Lola Greene Baldwin Foundation
National Center for Victims of Crime
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)
National Council of Jewish Women - Los Angeles
National Council of Women’s Organizations
National Domestic Violence Hotline
National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence
National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Prostitution Research & Education
RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network)
SAGE (Standing Against Global Exploitation)
Stop Trafficking!: Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter
UNODC on human trafficking and migrant smuggling
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Vital Voices Global Partnership
