Child Labor, Human Trafficking, Working Children
By Shima Rostami, Ed.D., Executive Director, Gateway Human Trafficking Halloween is a sweet holiday. According to the National Retail Federation, nearly two-thirds of Americans plan to celebrate Halloween in 2021, spending a record $10.1 billion, up from $8 billion...
COVID-19, Human Trafficking
By Sara Bratton Bradbury, MSW, Brown School of Social Work Washington University in St. Louis We have now passed about two years in which the entire world was affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A year which brought job losses, school closures, increased housing...
Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking
By Shima Rostami, Ed.D., Executive Director, Gateway Human Trafficking Domestic violence can result in physical injury, psychological trauma, and in severe cases, even death. The devastating physical, emotional, and psychological consequences of domestic violence can...
COVID-19, Human Trafficking
Traffickers are adjusting their business models to the ‘new normal’ created by the COVID-19 outbreak By Shima Rostami, Ed.D., Executive Director, Gateway Human Trafficking For traffickers human trafficking is a business; for them it is about money and the profit they...
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...
