Child Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking
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...
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, Foster Care, Homepage, Human Trafficking
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...
