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Slavery
Trauma-Informed Care Builds Resilience for Survivors of Human Trafficking and Violence
To ensure the best outcomes of healing, survivors need access to trauma-informed care. What is it?
April 08
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Not Swift Enough: Survivors and Children Wait for Government, Industry to Act
Protecting all children and survivors from the ongoing trauma of sexual abuse and exploitation, including CSAM, is past due and urgently needed to...
February 08
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Survivors of violence need the U.S. to address online sexual exploitation to keep children safe
The CEOs of Meta, X, Snap, Discord, and TikTok testified about online sexual exploitation before the Senate Judiciary Committee. We want policymakers...
January 31
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Four Ways the EARN IT Act Protects Kids Online
The EARN IT Act is one piece of legislation before Congress that aims to protect kids online. What does the bill do? Who supports it? What can you do...
January 26
Labor Trafficking
What is Bonded Labor?
An estimated 15.5 million people in South Asia and around the world are exploited by traffickers through a common form of labor trafficking called...
January 16
Labor Trafficking
Wonka: An Unexpected Chance to Teach about Human Trafficking
Wonka reveals itself to be a surprising opportunity to talk and educate about the realities of human trafficking this Human Trafficking Awareness...
January 11
Child trafficking is nothing like in the movies. Here’s why that’s very good news.
Five examples of how child trafficking has been portrayed in movies, and how they compare to IJM’s real work in the Dominican Republic.
October 06
Sex Trafficking
How IJM helped the Dominican Republic reduce child sex trafficking by 78%
In the 2000s, if you sold a child for sex in the DR you would be more likely to win the lottery jackpot than to receive a conviction. But things have...
July 14
Human Trafficking
What is the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report?
The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is an annual status update on the state of global anti-trafficking efforts. Each year, the U.S. State...
June 02