Highlights of the Week: March 20

(Note that we are simply providing these links to news articles that we found informative or helpful and that we don't necessarily recommend or endorse each site.)

• Modern day slavery in Canada - how it's happening, what the signs are, and what is being done (or not being done) in response.
• Boys in India are being kidnapped and forced to work to provide the food that we buy.
• See what a college student from Oklahoma is doing to end slavery.
• Traffickers are being prosecuted in Dubai, Hong Kong, Dubai again
• A company is actually doing something significant to help end child s_x slavery!  The Body Shop is donating all proceeds from the "Soft Hands Kind Heart Hand Cream" to ECPAT and from the "Bag for life" to the Somaly Mam Foundation.  Also, every time someone "squeezes the lemon," becomes a fan of The Body Shop on Facebook, enters a drawing, etc. The Body Shop will donate $0.50 to $2.00 to ECPAT and the Somaly Mam Foundation.  Check it out!
• The unequal pay rates in Bulgeria contribute to the susceptibility of women to trafficking.
• Fourteen s_x trafficking victims are freed in Indonesia.
• Over 1000 cases of human trafficking were reported in Pakistan in 2009.
• Human trafficking in Portland, OR is highlighted in this article as well as a brief summary of what is being done about it.
• A girl who was enslaved in Belfast is rescued.
• A man (who acted as "lawyer" for the Americans in Haiti who tried to smuggle children out) is arrested on charges of human trafficking
• A review of a book written by a former victim of s_x trafficking.
• Reasons why companies are not willing to look into their supply chain to discover if there are slaves involved in making their products.
• Manpower is joining forces with the Not For Sale Campaign in the fight against human trafficking.
• Mountain climbers raise awareness of human trafficking in Africa.
• Allegations of human trafficking are looked into in Canada.
• A brief look into s_x trafficking in Texas.
• Two men in Sweden convicted of human trafficking.
• Ethiopians are increasingly being trafficked.

Highlights of the Week: March 17

Here are some of the highlights on the web this week regarding the issue of human trafficking.  (Note that we are simply providing these links to news articles that we found informative or helpful and that we don't necessarily recommend or endorse each site.)

• A man from Uzbekistan admits the role he played in trafficking hundreds of people in fourteen different states.
• Women in southwest China are being taught to avoid trafficking.  Read the article, though, to see the problems that are coming with this training - perhaps even putting the women in more danger.
• A woman is recognized here for her work against trafficking.
• According to the UN, South Africa is "conducive to trafficking" but is working to pass some legislation against trafficking and to be able to better prosecute those involved.
• The Lord's Resistance Army has threatened attacks during the April elections in Southern Sudan. Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, may have moved to Sudan's Western of Darfur.  See this article to read more and to see Uganda's president's reaction.
• About 200 consumers gathered in Washington D.C. to advocate a block on imported goods that are made from forced labor.
• Read this for a story from a former trafficking victim.
• Religious leaders in Indonesia unite for training in fighting against human trafficking.
• A normal, everyday mom talks about what she (and we) can do in the fight against human trafficking.