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Sex Trafficking
More Than Survivors: Thriving After Trafficking
On May 7, 21 young women travelled across West Bengal to gather in a gated garden along a busy Kolkata road. Some traversed more than two hours by...
May 11
Police Abuse of Power
IJM Kenya Marks First-Ever Conviction in Police Abuse of Power
On April 28, 2016, over six years after the initial crime, a police officer was found guilty of manslaughter for violently killing an innocent...
May 03
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
The Youngest Survivor We’ve Ever Met is Now Safe from Cybersex Trafficking
In a heartbreaking rescue operation that led IJM to the youngest victim we have ever encountered, four girls and one boy were rescued from cybersex...
April 28
Sex Trafficking
Updated: The Rescued Becomes The Rescuer
Last month, IJM Mumbai helped police rescue Zeenat* from a dark brothel with barred windows. Six cots filled the cramped room where girls were...
April 20
Slavery
Two Dozen Rescued with New IJM Partner, in New State
Last week, IJM staff supported local authorities and partners in a rescue operation to free 24 people from forced labor slavery at a brick kiln,...
April 19
This Is What I Learned On The Road (Before I Head Out Again)
My time on the road taught me three key things about mobilization.
April 13
'Til Death Do Us Part: How a Bill Becomes a Law
The ins and outs of how Congress passes a law, with the help of a marriage metaphor.
April 12
Holly's News From Washington: Fighting Slavery Where It Occurs
The Heritage Foundation, a Washington DC-based “think tank,” recently released a paper that criticizes the End Modern Slavery Initiative (EMSI),...
April 11
Sex Trafficking
He Used Social Media to Advertise Girls: Now They're Safe
A man who was apparently using social media to advertise young women for sexual exploitation—including minors—was arrested this week in the...
April 08