Child Trafficking, Exploitation, Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Labor Trafficking, Sex Trafficking
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...
Exploitation, Human Trafficking, Individuals 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...
Exploitation, Homepage, Human Trafficking, 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...
Child Abuse, Child Trafficking, Exploitation
By Andrea Nichols, Ph.D., Professor, St. Louis Community College Forest Park; Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis; Gateway Alliance Against Human Trafficking Member. Research consistently finds an association between child sexual abuse (CSA) and sex...
Child Abuse, Child Labor, Child Trafficking, Domestic Violence, Exploitation, Human Traffickers, Human Trafficking, Labor Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Women and Girls
By Sr Elizabeth Greim The many statistics, charts, and reports show us that there are many stories to be told about women, men, and especially children who have been trafficked throughout the world. Our hearts remind us that these numbers and percentages each...
Child Trafficking, COVID-19, Exploitation, Human Traffickers, Human Trafficking, Online Safety, Sex Trafficking
Ashden Brooke Robinson: undergraduate student: B.S. majoring in Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-Saint Louis (UMSL); Gateway Human Trafficking Intern. Edited and updated by Eryn Borders. Note: This article was originally written by Ashden Brooke Robinson and...