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Silent Suffering: Unveiling the Impact of Human Trafficking on Women and Girls
Author: Chanel Foster, Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking (GAHT) Volunteer Editor: Jatonya Clayborn, Program Director In the world of human trafficking, the United States remains one of many representations of hunting stages for the illegal exploitation of...
Unseen Bonds: The Link Between Past Slavery and Modern Human Trafficking
By Chanel Foster, Volunteer Contributor, Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking Editor: Jatonya Clayborn, Program Director, Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking Think of history as a river that flows into the present, carrying with it currents from the past...
INCENTIVIZING HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING IN KEY PROFESSIONS
By Dr. Jeanie Thies, Criminal Justice Program Director/Professor, Social Work Department, Fontbonne University Human trafficking crimes have profound and long-lasting impacts on victims of these crimes as well as on the communities in which they take place. The rapid...
Social Media and Human Trafficking
Ashden Brooke Robinson: undergraduate student: B.S. majoring in Criminal Justice, University of Missouri Saint Louis (UMSL); Gateway Human Trafficking Intern. How would you feel if I told you that your child or grandchild was at risk for human trafficking just by...
What do you know about human traffickers?
There are many misconceptions about human trafficking in our communities such as: Human Trafficking always involves violent and the use of force Trafficked persons can only be foreign nationals Human Trafficking is only sex trafficking Traffickers are undocumented...
The theme for July 30, 2022: “Use and abuse of technology”
July 30, 2022: World Day Against Human Trafficking By Ashden Brooke Robinson: undergraduate student: B.S. majoring in Criminal Justice, University of Missouri Saint Louis (UMSL); Gateway Human Trafficking Intern. Edited by Roy Joachimstaler. “Trafficking in persons is...
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
By Taylor Jenai Mooers, Undergraduate Student; B.S. in Public Health, Lindenwood University; Gateway Human Trafficking Intern **Note: This article provides our audience with information about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). There will be an article following...
Correlation Between Dating Violence and Human Trafficking
By Ashden Brooke Robinson: undergraduate student: B.S. majoring in Criminal Justice, University of Missouri Saint Louis (UMSL); Gateway Human Trafficking Intern. Can you imagine the person you date forcing you into human trafficking? Would you feel like the whole...
In honor of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
By Ashden Brooke Robinson; B.S. majoring in Criminal Justice, University of Missouri Saint Louis (UMSL); Gateway Human Trafficking Intern. How would it feel as an Indigenous woman knowing you are at a higher risk for getting human trafficked or knowing as a mother...
Indicators of Sex and Labor Trafficking
By Nicole Caldwell, Undergraduate Student: B.A. in French with a minor in Political Science, University of Missouri in St. Louis (UMSL); Gateway Human Trafficking Intern. If someone asked you to identify a potential trafficking victim, what signs would you look for?...