Trata de seres humanos

La esclavitud es cosa del presente. Hermanas de todo el mundo trabajan para abrir puertas a la libertad, la seguridad, la curación y la oportunidad para las víctimas de la trata de seres humanos.

Lessons in Human Trafficking

Awareness fosters hope for often-invisible sex-trafficking victims in the Midwest. In the U.S. and around the world, people are held against their will and forced to do sex acts or to work. It is modern-day slavery.

Awareness fosters hope for often-invisible sex-trafficking victims in the Midwest. In the U.S. and around the world, people are held against their will and forced to do sex acts or to work. It is modern-day slavery.

Understanding the tools traffickers use — force, fraud and coercion — helps us to not fall prey to them.

Understanding the tools traffickers use — force, fraud and coercion — helps us to not fall prey to them.

Human trafficking is a complex tragedy that interconnects with many other social justice issues. None of us can afford to look away or remain silent. 

Human trafficking is a complex tragedy that interconnects with many other social justice issues. None of us can afford to look away or remain silent. 

Our awareness of human trafficking and our efforts to prevent and resist it are intensified as the issue is made more personal in our lives. 

Our awareness of human trafficking and our efforts to prevent and resist it are intensified as the issue is made more personal in our lives. 

In Haiti and around the world, children growing up in poverty are especially vulnerable to human trafficking. A shelter near Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic helps protect some of them.

In Haiti and around the world, children growing up in poverty are especially vulnerable to human trafficking. A shelter near Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic helps protect some of them.

As they discover the vulnerability of children in Haiti and around the world, students are invited to explore the people and structures that protect and support them.

As they discover the vulnerability of children in Haiti and around the world, students are invited to explore the people and structures that protect and support them.

Human trafficking everywhere - including the exploitation of indigenous women in North America - thrives because of demand. Can honest conversations with men about their role make a difference?

Human trafficking everywhere - including the exploitation of indigenous women in North America - thrives because of demand. Can honest conversations with men about their role make a difference?

There are times when no one wants to speak up in the midst of a conflict or a difficult situation. But what happens if no one does?

There are times when no one wants to speak up in the midst of a conflict or a difficult situation. But what happens if no one does?

At a Cleveland retreat center, the U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking network brought together women religious throughout the Western Hemisphere to share best practices in anti-trafficking ministry and to strengthen connections across borders.

At a Cleveland retreat center, the U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking network brought together women religious throughout the Western Hemisphere to share best practices in anti-trafficking ministry and to strengthen connections across borders.

Networks of people working together can make a difference to stop human trafficking. Every gift each person brings will strengthen their impact. 

Networks of people working together can make a difference to stop human trafficking. Every gift each person brings will strengthen their impact.