Blog: Slavery Prevention

Dear friends and partners,

Charlie Lamento here, writing to you from Indonesia, where we were invited to conduct an anti-trafficking assessment of the Indonesian legal system with government officials, lawyers,

Since the inception of our Criminal Law Policy & Training Center, our legal team has achieved some incredible milestones, including the following:

• Advising the European Parliament on preventing and combating human trafficking and protecting victims.
• Helping to shape human trafficking and child sex abuse legislation in the Czech Republic, Taiwan, Norway, Switzerland, South Africa, and European Parliament, whose laws have binding effects on 28 EU member countries.

This article comes from Richmond Justice Initiative in Richmond, Virginia. RJI's mission is to educate, equip and mobilize communities with the tools needed to be a force in the global movement to end human trafficking.

By: Zoya Wazir

At the beginning of man, we were simpler creatures. Men and women hunted and gathered alongside one another without the question of equality and liberty interjecting into their life’s purpose: survival. However, with the development of small communities which turned to more complex civilizations, our priorities expanded and we suddenly wanted more than to simply survive -- we wanted to thrive. Therefore, man began to enslave one another and the once simple quest for life turned into a quest for something much more dangerous: a quest for power.

Authored By: Kiran Karki, GHNI Nepal National Leader

Edited By: GHNI Staff, US

There is a big problem of human trafficking in Nepal. There are dozens of NGOs working in this sector to eliminate it, but the problem is increasing day by day.  It is reported that after the big 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 the problem became the worst it’s ever been in the rural areas of Nepal.

By: Annakerina Rincon

There are a number of complex factors that play a role in the chain of modern slavery. People who fall victims to modern slavery, such as bonded labor, often come from impoverished backgrounds and have very few resources available to them. Many of these people, for example, do not know how to read or write, and consequently often become targets of traffickers who

force them to sign labor contracts and other documents they cannot read. It is evident, then, that literacy, and access to education are important tools in preventing slavery in the long run.

By: Dee Rivers

The Numbers: 21 to 36 million people are enslaved worldwide. 

By:Dee Rivers

As you read this, in the cauldron of human crisis that is Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq, 862,000 souls -- over three-quarters-of-a-million mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, fathers, husbands, brothers, sons, little boys and little girls are victims of human trafficking. Theirs is a lightless world, darkened by the disappearance of right and wrong.

The population most vulnerable to pernicious predators are refugees.

They are snatched from roads as they flee homeland tribulation.

By, Bethany Marinelli

With 35.8 million people in slavery worldwide, it’s not surprising that as we work to end extreme poverty we’ve come across slavery as a major obstacle villagers needed to overcome to break the cycle. After much research and spending time with villagers, it became apparent that it wasn’t slavery that began their extreme poverty, but that their extreme poverty made them more vulnerable to slavery. Therefore the solution became clear - ending extreme poverty ends slavery.

By, Bethany Marinelli

The year of 2015 will go into the books as one of great change and progress for Global Hope Network International. Our staff has worked hard, both in the field in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, and in our resource offices in France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

It’s difficult to truly quantify the hard work of Hidden and Hurting around the world who toiled toward a future of Hope. It is they whom we stand by in awe as they inspire us to push forward to end extreme poverty.