Slavery
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Super Bowl, Olympic and World Cup Champions Team Up to Lead IJM Super Bowl LV Anti-Trafficking Campaign
Wednesday, January 27, 2021, WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leading up to Super Bowl LV during National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month,...
January 26
Slavery
Can a Call to the US Congress Help End Modern-Day Slavery?
What words come to mind when you think about the movement to end slavery?
Appropriations? Legislation? State Department offices?
Believe it or not,...
January 05
Slavery
Rescue in Ghana Leads to Freedom for 12-Year-Old Boy
GHANA – On November 12, police and IJM conducted an operation that resulted in the rescue of one 12-year-old boy from suspected slavery in the...
November 25
Slavery
U.S. Department of State, the Government of Romania and International Justice Mission Launch Trafficking in Persons Project in Romania
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11, 2020, ROMANIA — International Justice Mission (IJM), a leading global organization combatting human trafficking, violence against...
November 11
Slavery
Kids and Parents Rescued After Five Years in Bonded Labor
On Thursday, October 22, IJM worked with local authorities to rescue five families from bonded labor at a wood-cutting site, where many had been...
October 23
Slavery
Meet Godwin
Godwin was a bright young boy who loved to learn in school. When he was 16 years old, a woman claiming to be his relative offered to take him on a...
October 01
Slavery
The Business of Trafficking Falls Apart When You Stay in the Fight
When I first started at International Justice Mission almost 15 years ago, there was very little consciousness or conversation that slavery still...
September 17
Slavery
COVID Crisis Drives Up Child Labor and Forced Labor in Textiles Industry
Recent rescue operations in the booming textiles industry of Tamil Nadu state have brought to light the way business owners are taking advantage of...
August 25
Slavery
10-Year-Old Boy Freed from Goat Grazing
An expansive search has led to the safe rescue of Vignesh,* a 10-year-old boy who has spent the last two years enslaved at a goat farm.
August 17