A Gender Sensitive Perspective on Human Trafficking

When it comes to the issue of human trafficking, there is a tendency to think of victims almost exclusively as women. My time at Polaris Project has made me acutely aware that human trafficking is not only a women’s issue. Victims can be men or women, adults or children, and foreign nationals or U.S. citizens. [...]

By Public Outreach and Communications Dept. Fellow on 18th December 2011 | Category: Authors: Fellows, Equality, Human Trafficking in the U.S., People | 2 comments

Part 3: What the Modern Sugar Baby and Mail-Order Bride Have in Common

Recent articles regarding the “Sugar Baby” trend, where debt-burdened young people seek romantic relationships with older individuals for financial compensation, have portrayed these arrangements as a new and modern phenomenon.  These journalists have a point: college students entering into these relationships are a byproduct of the onerous cost of education in 21st Century America.  In [...]

By Public Outreach and Communications Dept. Fellow on 9th December 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Human Trafficking in the Media, Human Trafficking in the U.S., People, Sex Trafficking | 2 comments

An Hour in the Life of a NHTRC Call Specialist

As a call specialist on the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline going to work can be exciting yet demanding. Calls continuously come in from around the country with requests for information, referrals, and sometimes from victims currently in crisis. Below is a single hour in the life of a NHTRC Call Specialist.

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By Public Outreach and Communications Dept. Fellow on 29th November 2011 | Tags: , | Category: People | 3 comments

Part 2: Why Debt is Not the Only Vulnerability for Sugar Babies

Vulnerability to any crime is subject to a variety of socioeconomic, cultural, and independent factors that place some individuals at higher risk of entering dangerous situations than others. Although financial insecurity is a huge vulnerability for many college students and recent grads, it is not necessarily the only factor in a persons decision to be [...]

By Public Outreach and Communications Dept. Fellow on 22nd November 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Human Trafficking in the Media, Human Trafficking in the U.S., People, Sex Trafficking | 2 comments
 
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