Embracing Expertise
Too often those of us working in the anti-trafficking space attempt to reinvent the wheel, eschewing expertise and relying instead on biased data, on donor-driven projects, and on invalid assumptions. Almost every time we make assumptions about human trafficking, even assumptions that seem to make a lot of sense, they are wrong. We then direct […]
Decolonizing anti-trafficking programming at the global level: A case study and critical dialogue
One Win Leads to Another: The East India Hockey Project (EIHP) utilizes hockey—India’s national sport—as a tool for social change, women’s empowerment, and Anti-TIP education for girls ages 12-17. The Program is funded by the US Department of State, US Sports Envoys, and US Consulate Kolkata. It is facilitated by Middlebury College and Shakti Vahini, […]
Integrating sport and anti-TIP education to cultivate social change among girls in Jharkhand, India
One Win Leads to Another: The East India Hockey Project (EIHP) utilizes hockey—India’s National Sport, and the most popular sport in Jharkhand—as a tool for social change, women’s empowerment, and Anti-TIP education for girls ages 12-17. Each year, 100-110 girls from rural districts across Jharkhand convene for a week of education and training in region-specific […]
A Concept of Interagency Collaboration between Law Enforcement and Private Investigators for Human Trafficking Investigations
Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) are at the forefront of the U.S. government’s efforts to prevent human trafficking, protect trafficking victims, investigate trafficking cases, and prosecute suspected traffickers. Yet, their efforts to investigate human trafficking cases are often hampered by various issues, including insufficient law enforcement personnel with human trafficking-centered training, limited logistics to handle human […]
Using an Ecofeminist Frame to Conceptualize the Issue of Human Trafficking and Recommend Education Initiatives for K-12 Youth in Aurora, Colorado
Human Trafficking Education (HTE) is a fairly recent initiative, with four states alreadyrequiring awareness and preventative education around HT at varying levels from Kindergartenthrough 12th grade. Colorado is not a state requiring HTE, however it does have three cities inthe top 100 cities per capita with the most HT reports, and four of the five […]
The Supply Trace Research Platform for Forced Labor Risk in Global Supply Chains
We present supplytrace.org, the first open-access platform to expose forced labor risks in global supply chains. In our recently launched pilot, we focus on the apparel sector links between forced labor in the Uyghur Region of China and shipments to the U.S. We conduct machine learning on millions of shipments and connect them to potential […]
Exploring the Complicated Web of Trauma Proliferation Experienced by ‘Un-homed’ Immigrant Women Exploited in Illicit Massage Businesses
There has been an alarming increase in the numbers of illicit massage businesses (IMB) in the United States and the revenue generated by this illegal industry. Although empirical research on IMBs is scant, it is well documented that most of the women exploited in IMBs are immigrant women entrapped in trafficking situations involving commercial sex […]
What’s Mine is Mine? Comparing Corporeal Consent Across Negotiated Exchange Transactions
Corporeality (“of the body”) is a key construct in several areas of thought including philosophy,medicine, ethics, law, and commerce. Conceptualizations of and assumptions regardingcorporeal consent – that is, granting consent to the access of one’s own body – differ in key waysacross existing literatures that include discussions of consent. These differences often emanatefrom the nature […]
Music therapy as a potent modality for working with survivors with a trauma-informed lens
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault (SA) are global health issues. Survivors of IPV and SA can have traumatic symptoms and responses that affect every area of their lives. Trauma, a phenomenon that who we are and can manifest in symptoms both overt and hidden, is life-altering and can be debilitating. In this talk, […]
