Human Trafficking Awareness Day

There are more people in slavery today than at any time in history! January is Slavery & Trafficking Prevention Month and January 11th is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. According to Free the Slaves, Although there are more people in slavery today than ever before, slavery represents the smallest percentage of the world’s population than at … Read more

According to Free the Slaves, 21 to 36 million people are enslaved around the world, 22% of them sex slaves. Trafficking doesn’t just happen in Thailand or India–it happens right here in the United States, and it happens to helpless children and vulnerable women. It’s hard to get a handle on exactly how many sex … Read more

Modern day slavery doesn’t mean men, women, and children picking cotton under the watchful eye of the plantation overseer, although forced agricultural labor is one form of slavery. More often, slavery today means a young girl being held captive and forced to work as a prostitute for a controlling pimp. Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. … Read more