Since the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) passed in 2000, awareness of human trafficking in the United States has grown exponentially. The...
Words have power — This is a truth well-known to survivors of human trafficking. When it comes to the language used to describe these individuals and...
Identifying survivors of sex trafficking is notoriously difficult. Currently, experts estimate that less than one percent of all human trafficking...
For survivors of sex trafficking, finding and keeping a safe place to stay is one of the greatest contributors to initial exploitation and one of the...
Trauma exposure occurs in a continuum of complexity, depending on the timing, duration, intensity, and type of trauma involved. For example, a single...
The United States has the largest population of immigrants of any country in the world, and by a large margin — it is four times larger than the...
The sexual mistreatment and exploitation of Indigenous people in the Americas is not a new problem. While sexual violence is experienced across the...
Human trafficking is undoubtedly one of the most complex and pervasive issues facing the United States today. It is difficult to overstate the number...
Across the United States, there is a clear connection between the juvenile justice system and the commercial sexual exploitation of youth. This...