Child Abuse, Exploitation, Human Traffickers, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking
By Andrea Nichols, Ph.D., Professor, St. Louis Community College Forest Park; Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis; Gateway Alliance Against Human Trafficking Member. Very few research studies specifically examine people who sex-traffic others. The available...
Child Abuse, Exploitation, Individuals with Disabilities, Sex Trafficking
By Andrea Nichols, Ph.D., Professor St. Louis Community College Forest Park, Lecturer Washington University in St. Louis, Gateway Alliance Against Human Trafficking Member. Human trafficking of people with disabilities (PWD) is an understudied area of research and...
Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, Child Abuse, Child Trafficking, Exploitation, Human Trafficking, Labor Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Working Children
By K. Omin Jih Victimization of human trafficking remains the most urgent crisis in the modern Native American community. Several risk factors that originated from the beginning of colonization are still influencing the Native population negatively and consistently;...
Child Abuse, Child Trafficking
By Dana Klar, JD, LCSW, Associate Teaching Professor at UMSL, Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking Board Member There is no single definition of child abuse and neglect, as these terms are defined by federal and state laws. At the federal level, The Child...
Child Abuse, Child Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Online Safety
Christine Sylvia, Program Committee Member, Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking In our modern society, where safety and protection should be paramount, a threat preys upon our most vulnerable: our children. Human trafficking thrives within the borders of the...
