"It's happening everywhere. It can happen to anyone," Maryknoll Sr. Abby Avelino, international coordinator of Talitha Kum, said during an online panel. "Everybody has a role to play to combat human trafficking."
During the 2023 conference of the renamed Alliance to End Human Trafficking, advocates and survivors exchanged stories, resources, and solutions to help end global human trafficking.
At an event organized by the Confederation of Latin American and Caribbean Religious, sisters shared experiences of helping victims and other work against human trafficking, a "profound violence to the body of humanity."
The Life: July 30 is the United Nations' World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Our sister panelists shared what their congregations are doing to eliminate this grave offense against human dignity.
From A Nun's Life podcasts - Humility of Mary Sr. Anne Victory reflects on what she has learned through her work as director of education with the Cleveland-area Collaborative to End Human Trafficking.
Japan is the third-largest economy in the world, but its system does not prioritize life at all levels. Migrant trainee workers are essential to the economy, but they face danger. Catholic sisters work to help them.
In honor of the Feb. 8 feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, the patron saint of human trafficking survivors, Global Sisters Report is providing information about prayer services, links to some of our past coverage and other resources.
With an initial grant from the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Nix Conference & Meeting Management created the free TraffickCam app, which lets users take photos of any hotel room and anonymously submit them to the database.