Exploitation, Human Trafficking
By Shima Rostami, Ed.D.; Executive Director, Gateway Human Trafficking AND Robert Fisher Human trafficking is an egregious violation of the inherent rights and dignity of a person, and individuals with certain disabilities may be more susceptible to exploitation by...
Exploitation, Human Trafficking
By Shima Rostami, Ed.D.; Executive Director, Gateway Human Trafficking With the number of forcefully displaced people hitting a record of 68.5 million in 2017 (Edwards, 2018), experts say a lack of legal support and funding has enabled a multibillion-dollar criminal...
Child Labor, Exploitation, Human Trafficking, Working Children
uthor: Dana Klar, J.D., LCSW, Child Advocate and Assistant Teaching Professor for the Child Advocacy Studies program, the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). April is known as National Child Abuse Prevention Month when an annual observance in the United States is...