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Toward Dignity, Respect, Equality and Equity: A Black History Month Reflection on the Trafficking and Criminalization of Black Women and Girls
Dr. Marian Hatcher Shared Hope Policy Consultant, Ambassador-at-Large (United Nations) Black History month focuses on the accomplishments and successes and richness of Black history, and rightly so. It also invokes underlying racial...
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When Systems of Care Can do Harm: The Need for Specialized Child Welfare Responses to Child Trafficking Survivors
By: Sarah Bendtsen and Christine Raino While a relatively small percentage of children referred to and served by child welfare are child sex trafficking victims, child welfare has an important and unavoidable...
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The Debt Bondage Repair Act: Bringing Attention to the Long-Term Needs of Trafficking Survivors
Dr. Marian Hatcher Shared Hope Policy Consultant Ambassador-at-Large, United Nations As National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month 2022 ends, I am filled with a myriad of emotions. This annual recognition on...
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January 2022 – Human Trafficking Awareness Month: Bring Justice
By: Camryn Peterson, Advocacy Manager In 2020, Shared Hope opened its doors to the Institute for Justice & Advocacy only a few blocks from the White House. This physical location has been...
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Just released – Report Cards on Child & Youth Sex Trafficking (Press Release)
Shared Hope International Introduces Advanced Level State Report Cards The majority of states + D.C. have “D” (10) or “F” (40) grades FL receives highest grade, a “C” Only 8 states fully...
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