Ending Human Trafficking

While GCWJ Director Sandra Morgan attended the Christians for Biblical Equality conference in Pittsburgh, she met Fatuma Hashi, Director of Gender and Development for World Vision International. After hearing Fatuma’s presentation in the final Plenary session at the conference, Sandie scheduled a time to interview Fatuma and share her unique work. Fatuma presented on Channels of Hope: Gender, a program focused on eliminating gender issues, like female child infanticide and child marriage, in countries across the world. Channels of Hope is a unique program aimed at training faith leaders about gender issues and breaking the social norms of patriarchy. The program includes sensitivity training, strategy building, the special CHAT groups, and finally accountability and monitoring to ensure they are taking action in their communities. 

Listen to this special interview with Fatuma and learn more about Channels of Hope: Gender. Check out the resource links below to learn more about World Vision, Women of Vision, and the Strong Women Strong World program.

Fatuma’s Bio:

Resources:

World Vision’s Channels of Hope: Gender

Strong Women, Strong World

Women of Vision

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Have you heard the latest news?

In this episode of Ending Human Trafficking, Director Sandie Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak discuss some of the latest and most important news regarding child sexual exploitation happening in our country right now. At the end of July 2013, the FBI conducted its 7th operation in ten years to fight against child exploitation, where 105 children were recovered from commercial sexual exploitation in 72 hours. The Operation included 47 FBI divisions that rescued children in 76 cities across the US. Tune into this episode to learn more about the 230 agencies that partnered together to ensure the safety of the children rescued, and to hear the number of pimps who were arrested on state and federal charges. In addition, learn about what 47 Attorneys General urged Congress to do in order to better protect children from exploitation.

Resources:

FBI Press Release

GCWJ Facebook Page

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This episode of Ending Human Trafficking features GCWJ Director Sandie Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak being interviewed by Suzie Farthing from the One Love For Nurses podcast. One Love For Nurses is a group of Christian nursing professionals who are dedicated to using their talent and profession to serve the poor and vulnerable.

In this interview, Sandie and Dave share with Suzie how medical professionals can play a vital role in recognizing red flags related to human trafficking. Because meeting with a nurse in an exam room may be the only safe, private interaction a victim will have, it is important to train all medical staff to understand human trafficking. The privacy offers an opportunity to ask the right questions and allow a nurse to identify any red flags. Once an issue is identified, a medical team is able to take the next steps in contacting the National Human Trafficking Hotline. While it may not be possible to rescue a victim immediately, having the right materials on hand will allow for an opportunity to pass along may help that individual when the time is right.

In order for nurses and medical professionals to recognize the signs of human trafficking, it is necessary to make human trafficking awareness a part of training for all medical staff. As a team, the staff can identify and make a difference for victims who walk into a medical facility. Materials from the Rescue and Restore campaign are available free of charge to help train staff, resulting in each individual knowing how to identify signs of sex and labor trafficking.

Apart from our professions, our daily choices can make a difference in fighting human trafficking including thinking about purchases, researching products and supply chains, and continuing to learn and bring awareness to coworkers, network, and friends.

Check out the One Love For Nurses Podcast for great episodes focused on nursing, leadership, and working with the poor and vulnerable.

Resources:

One Love For Nurses 

Health and Human Services Rescue and Restore Campaign  

Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign

EHT Podcast 36: Why Healthcare Providers Matter and What They Can Do

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What do new laws mean for us? Opportunity to make a difference. Legislation can provide framework, but legislation does not make change happen – people make change happen.

Recent laws in California provide opportunity for individuals to get involved in the fight against human trafficking, as well as provide a path for other states to create similar laws to protect children and women who are exploited.

In this podcast, GCWJ Director Sandie Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak discuss some recent California laws focused on ending exploitation, including recently implemented Senate Bill 1193, adding Section 52.6 to the Civil Code. This section is a new mandate for certain businesses to post information about human trafficking including a hotline number for employees and patrons. This is a prime opportunity for individuals to get involved, but it is necessary to create a solid action plan and budget to follow. While posters from Health and Human Services Rescue and Restore campaign are free, it will take money for gas, meals, etc. to contact the businesses and travel to locations. Creating an action plan and going through the right channels will make the difference in getting businesses to comply with the new law.

Resources:

California Senate Bill 1193

Health and Human Services Rescue and Restore Campaign  

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There are some basics to designing a car, even though there are hundreds of models on our roads. While the differences make each unique, the basics are the same – wheels, lights, engines. In this episode, Global Center for Women and Justice Director Sandie Morgan, and GCWJ Board Member Dave Stachowiak discuss the basic resources available to learn more about human trafficking. GCWJ receives many inquiries about how to get started in the fight against human trafficking, and there are many great toolkits available to begin to study the issue – and many are federally funded projects that are paid for by our tax dollars!

GCWJ’s Resources webpage includes a variety of important and useful US and International resources to fight human trafficking. As you hear in this podcast, learning and using the common language that our federal, state, and local officials and law enforcement use to fight human trafficking is key to making a difference in the issue. Whether you are interested in outreach, starting a shelter, or sharing more with your network, strive to learn and understand the vocabulary before beginning any work in the field.

Where to start? 

Visit GCWJ’s Trafficking Resources webpage and begin with the US Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign Human Trafficking Awareness online training. From there, visit our other links to continue to build your personal toolkit of human trafficking awareness and prevention knowledge. When you are finished studying, you can use these tools to teach others and make a difference beginning right in your own community.

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During the Nigerian Women Against Violence Conference (NWAV) held May 22-24 at Vanguard University, GCWJ Director Sandie Morgan sat down with Husseina Akil Bangshika. Husseina is a Jounalist for the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria in the capital city of Abuja.

The NWAV conference was a unique blend of cross-cultural learning. The guests from Africa shared stories of violence and modern-day slavery, as well as the work currently being carried out. In turn, local Orange County professionals shared best practices and strategies for the guests to take back and implement. The conference drew over 40 individuals from Nigeria and Kenya, as well as local community members interested in learning more about the issues.

In this interview, Husseina discusses that, as some of the speakers suggest, “one of the major supplier of humans for trafficking is Africa, and by implication Nigeria being the most populous country in Africa.” As the population continues to grow and work is difficult to find, many of the rural and under-educated population accept traffickers appealing offers for “jobs.”  Education is key in impacting families being taken advantage by traffickers.

Nigeria is engaged in local efforts despite the lack of strong institutions in place. NGOs in the county, as well as the government funded National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, focus on rescuing, rehabilitating, and reintegrating survivors. But because it is a global problem, Hussenia emphasizes trafficking need global solutions. Tune in to learn more about how Nigeria is working to end human trafficking.

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Look at the tags hanging in your closet. Made in India. Made in Indonesia. Made in Bangladesh. Could it have been made in that factory that collapsed? Approximately 74% of  human trafficking is labor trafficking.

The news has been filled with reports and heartbreaking stories of lost lives in Bangladesh April 24, 2013. More than 1,000 workers lost their lives, and it requires us to take a step back and think about how we are connected to forced or bonded labor. In this episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podcast, Director Sandra Morgan and GCWJ Board member Dave Stachowiak take time to reflect on how, as consumers, we can respond to this tragedy. The California Supply Chain Transparency Act allows consumes to learn more about what their favorite companies do to ensure that the people involved in making the products are being treated justly and know their rights. Take time to research companies and products you use, seek out fair-trade alternatives, and be a voice to companies not doing their part to ensure that workers in their supply chain are being treated fairly. To learn more, check out the resources and share with us how you will take steps to be a voice and make a difference.

Resources:

Clothed In Misery by M.T. Anderson New York Times, April 29, 2013

The California Supply Chain Transparency Act – Department of Labor

ATEST – Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking

Podcast 45: War, Conflict, and Human Trafficking – Featuring Esther & Camille Ntoto

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Born in a small village in India, Anuradha Bhosale came from a lower caste and began working as a domestic servant in three homes at the age of 6. Because the families she worked for allowed her to go to school and get an education, Anuradha was able to overcome the challenges in her early years and become a grassroots human rights activist for women and children in India. In this episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podcast, Director Sandra Morgan and GCWJ Board member Dave Stachowiak hear about Anuradha’s work with women and children in brick factories and on the streets in rural India. She works to engage them through education, helping these groups come to understand and recognize their own human rights. Anuradha shares that when the women and mothers are healthy, they can fight for justice for their children, “I think unless you save the mother, unless you work with these women, it won’t be effective to work with the children.”  For more information, check out the resources below, and share with us on Facebook what you thought of Anuradha’s special skill she learned from the children!

Resources:

Go Philanthropic – AVANI

Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute

AVANI Facebook

Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute Facebook

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This episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podcast features an interview by Director Sandra Morgan and GCWJ Board member Dave Stachowiak with Jamil Kassab. Jamil is an Ending Human Trafficking Podcast listener, just like you! Through his work as a bus driver and teacher, he wanted to learn more about human trafficking, connecting with children on a daily basis. He decided to come from Portland to Vanguard University to attend Ensure Justice 2013 in order to learn more about human trafficking and what he can do to make a difference. Listen to Jamil’s thoughts on his time at the conference, and check out the resource links below for more information!

Resources:

Jamil Kassab

Rhonda Sciortino

Foster Focus Magazine – Rhonda Sciortino’s article on Ensure Justice 2013

Take 25 Campaign

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Straight from Ensure Justice 2013, Director Sandra Morgan and GCWJ Board member Dave Stachowiak discuss the online exploitation prevention model Sandra presented during Plenary 3 of the conference. Following the P’s of prevention, Sandra focuses on 4 P’s – Predict, Protect, Practice, and Pray. The Model of Prevention provides tools to DO something. As the problems we face continue, we must find ways to predict what will happen, protect vulnerable individuals, and be prepared to take action. For additional resources and ideas, listen to Podcast 35: Internet Safety Resources for Teachers. Included below are Netsmartz.org videos that are great to share with parents, community members, and teens and children to teach the dangers of online exploitation.

Netsmartz.org Video Resources:

Cyber Bullying

Tracking Teresa

2 Kinds of Stupid

Julie’s Journey

Survivor Diaries

Amy’s Choice

Your Photo Fate 

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