
Nuns Help Women Escape Human Trafficking Along Colombia-Venezuela Border
The Adorer Sisters play an essential role in the liberation of women who want to get their lives back after falling into prostitution and trafficking.
The Adorer Sisters play an essential role in the liberation of women who want to get their lives back after falling into prostitution and trafficking.
The legislation would reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, which provides funding and education needed to combat human trafficking.
The Pope’s comments came as Catholics from 30 countries across the world rallied together virtually as part of an online prayer marathon for the International Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking.
The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2021 (H.R. 5150) was first introduced in September.
The COVID-19 pandemic increased the number of people vulnerable to becoming victims of human trafficking, a report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of State found.
The Holy See official said that economic regulations need to be enforced to combat human trafficking, which continued to increase during the pandemic.
The head of the Rome-based ‘Slaves No More’ association discusses her organization’s efforts, inspired by Christ, to help women and girls who are sexually exploited through national and international trafficking.
Human trafficking occurs through sex trafficking, forced labor, or domestic servitude, taking many forms including sexual exploitation, forced marriage, child soldiers, or debt bondage.
Jan. 11, 2021 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, held during January which is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
All of the speakers at the anti-trafficking symposium stressed that the economic impact of the pandemic had increased vulnerability for populations already prone to labor trafficking and hindered aid organizations in delivering their services to victims of human trafficking.
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