by Pam Strickland | Jan 6, 2022 | Opinion
Why does sex trafficking exist? Sex trafficking is a business like any other, in that the two components are supply and demand. Where demand exists for a product or service, someone will profit by supplying that product or service. There is demand for sex with “no...
by Marion Carson | Jan 5, 2022 | Opinion
The story of Joseph in Genesis is a remarkable account of the life of a victim of human trafficking. Joseph, a precocious little boy, grows up with his brothers and manages to annoy them, primarily by being too clever for his own good. He is also their father’s...
by Melinda Sampson | Sep 10, 2021 | Opinion
How injustice is presented absolutely matters. In anti-human trafficking work, some messaging and imagery has been historically misleading or – in some cases – harmful. In any movement, the more we learn the more we need to change our messages to accurately reflect...
by Pam Strickland | Dec 9, 2020 | Opinion
This week we celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the momentous document created in the aftermath of World War II. The United Nations included this statement as Article 4 of the declaration: “No one shall...
by Pam Strickland | Aug 19, 2020 | Opinion
When I joined the anti-human trafficking movement, I was impressed by how apolitical it was. The first federal legislation regarding human trafficking – the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 – was sponsored by 38 Republicans and Democrats and passed almost...
