“Our fight against human trafficking is one of the great human rights causes of our time, and the United States will continue to lead it…” ~President Obama, September 25, 2012 Did you see the President give the first-ever address on human trafficking today? If you did, then you saw the leader of the free world … Continue reading »
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President Obama To Address Human Trafficking
Today President Barack Obama will address human trafficking at the Clinton Global Initiative. He will discuss steps we’ve taken in the past and will take in the future to help end modern slavery. Watch the speech live today at 9am Pacific time: http://www.whitehouse.gov/live.
No Time To Wait
By Jesse Eaves, Senior Policy Advisor for Child Protection, World Vision When it comes to the power of advocacy and the influence of voices speaking in unison, I never ceased to be amazed by Women of Vision chapters. I speak for my World Vision colleagues as well as partners from the other organizations that took … Continue reading »
Congress: “Pass the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act NOW”
Today is the national TVPRA call-in day. World Vision joins nationwide anti-trafficking coalition pushing Congress to stop stalling and renew the TVPRA. Senate office phone numbers and a suggested call-in script are available at http://www.passtvpranow.org/. We welcome back Jessica Bousquette for another guest post. Jessica is the Child Protection Research Assistant with the Advocacy and Government Relations … Continue reading »
Thousands rally across country for call-in day, urging Congress to end human trafficking
On September 4, World Vision joins nationwide anti-trafficking coalition pushing Congress to stop stalling and renew the TVPRA. Senate office phone numbers and a suggested call-in script are available at http://www.passtvpranow.org/. Thank you Women of Vision for your continued efforts to pass this critical legislation! View the TVPRA timeline. Watch an interview about this Day … Continue reading »
Movie Recommendation: The Day My God Died
Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins, and filmed in Nepal and India, “The Day My God Died” shares the stories of four young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex slave trade. The film provides actual footage from inside the brothels of Bombay, known even to the tourists as “The Cages,” … Continue reading »
The TVPRA is in your hands, Turn up the Heat!
I often have people come up to me to tell me how much they care about fighting slavery and how they feel called to do something about it. Well, now’s your chance. If you think it’s wrong to enslave a man, woman, or child, if you want to stand up to injustice, if you want to be … Continue reading »
One year out on the TVPRA. Building on Momentum: In Santo Domingo and Washington, D.C.
Today we welcome back Jessica Bousquette for her second guest post. Jessica is the Child Protection Research Assistant with the Advocacy and Government Relations team of World Vision in Washington D.C. Her role is to research and provide information for Child Protection and TVPRA for World Vision and she was excited to attend our WOV National Conference in … Continue reading »
Child trafficking: Notes from the front lines
Sustained advocacy is the key to reauthorizing the Trafficking Victims Protection Act! Jesse Eaves, World Vision’s Policy Advisor and friend of Women of Vision, recently went to Bangladesh to see World Vision’s work regarding child protection. He shared his experience on the World Vision blog earlier this week. From the World Vision blog: “…We’ve come here … Continue reading »
Don’t Stop Believin’
“This is a year in which it has been impossible to legislate. The TVPRA is still alive because of WOV advocacy. Surrendering now not only sends a terrible message to every other organization that’s followed our lead, it will all but doom this TVPRA.” ~Jesse Eaves, World Vision Policy Advisor For nearly a year, Women of … Continue reading »