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COMMUNITY ACTION TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING Deb Hume, Ph.D. Professor Emerita at University of Missouri - MPH Program & Dept. of Health Sciences Prevention is one of the “3Ps” – prevention, protection, and prosecution[i] – which were the initial pillars of both the...
Disability and Trafficking: How Traffickers Target People with Disabilities and Guidance for Service Providers
Abigail Meharg, Attorney, Gateway Alliance Against Human Trafficking Program Committee Member According to the World Health Organization, individuals with disabilities represent roughly 16 percent of the world’s population. Traffickers may target individuals with...
Human Trafficking During the World Cup
Friends: The World Cup is here! Millions of people will be attending a World Cup match this year. Games will be spread out across the Americas: the USA, Mexico, and Canada are co-hosting and the number of teams qualifying for the first round of play expanded to 48...
Foster Children and Human Trafficking: A Unique Risk
By Jeanie Thies, Ph.D. America’s foster care system has long served an essential role in helping protect children from abusive or neglectful homes or for whom no responsible guardians exist. Yet formal systems of care in the U.S., which can be traced back to the...
Empowering Survivors – Resources and Best Practices
By Victor R. Wilburn, Ph.D. Professor, The Department of Child and Family Studies, Southeast Missouri State University; Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking Board Member. Families continue to exercise a wealth of opportunities to explore their communities and...
Fact Over Fiction: Honoring the True Heroes Among Us During Human Trafficking Awareness Month
By Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking Team Every January, we recognize Human Trafficking Awareness Month and rally support for our work among the community that we need in this fight with us. But we also want to use this month as an opportunity to explain just...
Vulnerability to Human Trafficking among the Roma Population in Bulgaria
By Dora Fichter, JDProgram Committee Member, Gateway Alliance Against Human Trafficking The Roma is an ethnic group that originated in India and migrated to Europe around the 14th century. Often derogatorily referred to as “Gypsies,” a term that stems from the...
Exploited for Profit: The Hidden Crisis of Trafficking People with Disabilities
By Christine Sylvia, Ed.D., Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking, Program Committee Human trafficking is about money, plain and simple...and trafficking is a very lucrative business. In 2024 alone, traffickers profited $236 billion from forced labor worldwide,...
Trafficking Risks in Migrant and Refugee Populations
By Dora Fichter, Attorney, Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking, Program Committee Member Migrants are people who move away from their usual place of residence either across international borders or within their own country. There is no universally accepted...
Human Trafficking and Foster Care: Warning Signs and Prevention
By Abigail Meharg, Attorney, Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking Program Committee Member The ultimate goal of the foster care system is to provide stable family environments for children and youth; foster care is meant to end once the parent or another...