India
Labor Trafficking
Groundbreaking Planned Community Gives Survivors Security, Stability and Hope
Meesanallur began in 2015 as a dream to help families of the Irula tribal community break cycles of poverty and trafficking for good. Over one...
March 18
Human Trafficking
Odisha Bike Rally Raises Awareness of Trafficking and Reaches Over 5,000
Late last year, IJM Odisha partnered with local organizations across the Indian state to support a 10-day bicycle rally that travelled over 1,500 km...
February 22
Labor Trafficking
Looking Back: Two Years Since 76 People Were Rescued From Chennai Jewelry Factories
IJM staff reflects on a rescue where 76 people were rescued from forced labor in jewelry factories.
November 10
Labor Trafficking
Three Families Freed from Abusive Brick Kiln by Proactive Officials
Authorities in South Asia freed 11 people—including four children—from bonded labor at a brick kiln, where they had been forced to work for two years...
November 01
Labor Trafficking
Revisiting Worksites Shows Criminal Deterrence in Action
Revisiting the shuttered gates at the lumber yard was part of a recent exercise by IJM to gauge how criminals have been deterred by government law...
September 20
Survivor to IJMer: Kumar Completes His Degree and Joins Chennai Staff
In 2003, Kumar was rescued from a brick kiln and had hopes and dreams of helping others. In 2021, he has earned a master’s degree in social work!...
September 01
Labor Trafficking
33 Freed from Rajasthan Brick Kiln, Including Children Forced to Work
IJM’s partner Jai Bhim Vikas Shikshan Sansthan (JVSS) helped authorities in western India liberate 33 people from exploitation at a brick kiln—ending...
August 09
Sex Trafficking
Two Convicted in 2015 Trafficking Case; Brothel Ordered to Close
Justice was served in a Mumbai Sessions Court this week, as two local traffickers were found guilty for exploiting five girls and young women at a...
August 03
Labor Trafficking
Fourteen Children and Teens Freed from Abusive Plastics Factory
An IJM partner helped authorities free 14 trafficking survivors from a plastics factory where they had been forced to work for the last eight months.
July 22