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Justice Secured This Week in Guatemala, Two Men No Longer Free to Abuse Children

Wed, 10/12/2011

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA – Earlier this week, on an otherwise quiet, rainy street, a man was arrested for allegedly repeatedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old Guatemalan girl. IJM received the case earlier this summer and has have been supporting Graciela* since, who gave birth to a little girl as a result of the abuse.

Too afraid to tell her mother about the abuse she was experiencing daily from her mother’s boyfriend, Graciela remained silent. If she told anyone, the man threatened, he would kill Graciela’s mother – his own girlfriend.

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Your Voice Matters: Meet Alan and Beth Seelinger

By Alan Seelinger  -  Wed, 10/12/2011

On a chilly December day in 2009, my friend David and I crammed into a taxi and made our way through the DC streets to Capitol Hill. To say that I felt butterflies would be an understatement. We were minutes away from an appointment at Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson’s office, and I still had no idea what I was going to say.

Our aim was to ask the Senator to help introduce the Child Protection Compact Act, and I was frantically trying to come up with something persuasive to convey.

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IJM Manila: Traffickers Have No Business in Our Community

Wed, 10/12/2011

MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES – Last week, a bar where minors had been trafficked and sold for sex was permanently closed – underscoring the Philippines’ commitment to fight sex trafficking. Officers from the Philippines National Bureau of Investigations (NBI), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), local police and IJM staff were present for the closing.

After conducting undercover investigations, IJM assisted NBI officers with an operation in August 2011, to rescue four underage girls who had been trafficked to the bar for sexual exploitation.

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Your Voice Matters: The In-district Meeting Campaign

By Erica Boonstra  -  Mon, 10/10/2011

For the past two months, advocates around the country have been lobbying for Congress to pass the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011 (TVPRA) through our annual In-district Meeting Campaign. Since August, we've seen the introduction of the TVPRA in the House of Representatives, and 26 Members of Congress have signed on as cosponsors, joining the original two sponsors of the bill. In the Senate, 9 new cosponsors have signed on since the August in-district recess!

Your work to bring attention to this bill really makes a difference! We have been encouraged by the stories and pictures many of you have shared from your meetings, and we want to share the good work you are doing.

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IJM Chennai Works with Government to Rescue Families from Slavery, Trapped for Over a Decade

Fri, 10/07/2011

CHENNAI, INDIA – Late last week, government officials rescued families from neighboring rice mills, where they had been forced to work as slaves – for over a decade.

IJM presented the evidence of forced labor slavery to the district government, assisting with the operation and providing immediate crisis care to the laborers. Three men and one young boy were taken to a hospital for necessary medical attention.

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