Let’s be honest. Child trafficking misconceptions are everywhere. Although we have been extremely encouraged by the recent substantial increase in online and in-person advocacy for sexually exploited youth, we have also observed that there is a troubling amount of false information being rapidly spread by well-meaning, impassioned individuals. Unfortunately, no matter how well-intentioned, this spread […]
Honoring First Responders This World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – July 30
(Brianna, Survivor Leader, has a special message for law enforcement) For the past 20 years, Shared Hope International has been working to bring justice to vulnerable adults and children who have survived and overcome being commercially sexually exploited. Our small but powerful team of 18 staffers has managed to secure a global network and […]
It Begins With Me
I learned about the sex trafficking of minors in the United States while serving as an active duty military officer. I was heartbroken to learn that while I was serving my county, supporting peacetime and wartime operations overseas, another war was raging at home. The casualties – countless American children. Every day, American children are […]
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Do you know the warning signs? As you read this, millions of women, men and children around the world are subject to being trafficked. To address this evil injustice, it helps to define and know exactly what it is. The federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act defines human trafficking as: The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a […]
When Difficult News is the Most Important News
Sometimes the most important news is the most difficult to hear. On the same day that Shared Hope International celebrated the release of our 9th annual Protected Innocence Challenge report cards, we heard that the Kansas Prisoner Review Board had decided not to recommend Hope Zeferjohn, a child sex trafficking victim, for a pardon. After […]
