Dr. Marian Hatcher Shared Hope Policy Consultant Ambassador-at-Large, United Nations Each January we start off the new year with renewed vigor to fight human trafficking as we acknowledge and consider the long road ahead during National Human Trafficking Prevention month. Of course, we know we can’t address Human Trafficking in one month, and the reality […]
Friday Facts: Michigan (new series on Report Cards on Child and Youth Sex Trafficking)
Friday Facts is a new series in which we present a data point or bit of information from the latest set (2023) of Report Cards on Child and Youth Sex Trafficking. On every Friday this year, we will feature a fact from one state (or Washington, D.C.). During the course of 2024, we will walk […]
Attention Governors: There are Child Sex Trafficking Victims in Your Prisons
JANUARY 25, 2024 CONTACT: Sarah Flaim 202-546-4242 WASHINGTON – Today, a leading anti sex trafficking non-profit is calling on governors in all 50 states to examine their probation and prison populations for potential child sex trafficking survivors who have been criminally prosecuted despite their own trafficking victimization. The letter from Shared Hope International (SHI) – […]
Twenty. Five. Years. Join us in celebrating!
Jump to the Gala webpage! A quarter of a century ago, U.S. Congresswoman Linda Smith embarked on a courageous journey into the heart of the brothel district in Mumbai, India. There, amidst the harsh realities of brutal sexual slavery and exploitation of women and children, she felt a divine mandate to take action. And so, […]
Friday Facts: Idaho (new series on Report Cards on Child and Youth Sex Trafficking)
Friday Facts is a new series in which we present a data point or bit of information from the latest set (2023) of Report Cards on Child and Youth Sex Trafficking. On every Friday this year, we will feature a fact from one state (or Washington, D.C.). During the course of 2024, we will walk […]