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  • A new approach: Lane County's efforts to find effective solutions to sex trafficking

    March 20, 2019 |

    University of Oregon |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Lane County, Oregon is one of many of the state’s counties working to create a survivor-focused network of responses to sex trafficking. The Lane County Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Multidisciplinary Team is seeking to strengthen existing organizations, like the Department of Human Services, Planned Parenthood, and mental health providers, by connecting them – creating a more efficient, effective response to a uniquely challenging issue.

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  • To catch sex traffickers and protect kids, Colorado is using a new screening tool statewide

    March 20, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    In Colorado, a state law requiring the use of a screening tool is being used to combat sex trafficking at the individual level. The screening tool identifies and offers support and protection to victims of sex trafficking – many of whom are runaways from the foster care system – and has led to multiple prosecutions of sex traffickers.

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  • To fight trafficking, Indian groups turn to the experts: survivors

    January 31, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: India, West Bengal

    In India, survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation are joining together to form support groups that aim to change community perspectives around prevention and rehabilitation efforts for young women. Not only has this created more awareness around the topic, but has also allowed those involved to gain a sense of agency and independence.

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  • How Sex Workers Made San Francisco Safer for Everyone

    October 25, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In San Francisco, a law that offers amnesty to sex workers who report violent crimes to police is designed to save lives and reduce crime overall in the city. It comes as the city’s police department faces a massive police sex scandal over officers abusing an underaged sex worker, something advocates say is all too common and leaves crimes women might report uninvestigated. Advocates applaud the new law, say it doesn’t go far enough and they worry new federal laws could undermine it.

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  • Truckers take on human trafficking

    August 20, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The group Truckers Against Trafficking launched in 2009 to enlist the help of truck drivers to spot and report cases of human trafficking, which was common at many truck stops. The group trains truckers through video tutorials using experts on trafficking to offer tips on how to spot people being coerced into prostitution. Eight states now require the training and parts of the program are used in nearly 40 states, while truckers have helped identify more than 1,000 trafficking victims.

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  • How to Stop Human Trafficking, Through the Eyes of a Trucker

    July 10, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States

    Truckers are ideally placed to spot and report sex trafficking. “They’ve been trained to be vigilant and they’re on the city streets, pulling into areas and being put up in hotels where this happens,” says Kylla Lanier, deputy director for Truckers Against Trafficking.

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  • A Dutch brothel where women work for themselves

    June 15, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    My Red Light is a brothel in Amsterdam run by sex workers. While sex work is legal in the country, exploitation and human trafficking is still pervasive. However, My Red Light tries to counter this by only hiring “people who have been thoroughly vetted to ensure they are not being trafficked, pimped or exploited.”

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  • In Lebanon, a Controversial Approach to Ending Domestic Worker Abuse

    May 29, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

    Equip is a business in Lebanon that is trying to prevent further abuse of domestic workers, by helping them communicate better with their employers. “Their business model relies on employers paying for the company’s services, which range from $10 to $550, and include English lessons, first-aid training, legal translation, and conflict mediation.”

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  • AI tool helps law enforcement find victims of human trafficking

    April 16, 2018 |

    Futurism |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    When Emily Kennedy was a teenager traveling in Eastern Europe she saw street kids she learned were trafficked by the Russian mob and decided to tackle human trafficking in her college work. The company she launched, Marinus Analytics, created a software application that has been used by authorities to rescue hundreds of victims in the U.S. and Canada and is expanding. The data it gathers has also debunked assumptions about how and where trafficking takes place.

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  • How a sweatshop raid in an LA suburb changed the American garment industry

    December 05, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In 1995 El Monte, a US sweatshop in California that housed workers without paying them, was raided. “The El Monte raid changed the garment industry.” After the raid, former president Bill Clinton created a sweatshop taskforce. “The El Monte raid was a very important point in the history of labor standards in this country.”

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