Slavery
Scared and Scarred: 11 Rescued from Fried Snack Factory
Over the weekend, IJM supported local officials and NGO partners in rescuing two men and nine teen boys from bonded labor slavery at an urban factory...
January 16
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Philippine Police Rescue Children in Year's First Operation
Inside a dilapidated wooden home in Iligan City, Philippines, three children were rescued from cybersex trafficking as authorities arrested a mother...
January 15
Human Trafficking
12,000 Survivors Write to Indian PM on Anti-Trafficking Bill
Meera looked tiny behind the large wooden podium—bundled in her pink sweater and scarf, unrehearsed, and using a microphone for one of the first...
January 15
Human Trafficking
IJM Leading Human Trafficking Awareness Month Efforts
Friday, January 11, 2019 — January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, utilized by government agencies and businesses to highlight a fact that few...
January 11
Violence Against Women & Children
Veronica was 8. He was her father. The abuse lasted for many years.
Veronica* was 8 years old when her father started sexually abusing her. Her mother, Leonor*, cries as she tells IJM staff how she found out. “My...
January 02
Slavery
Urgent Rescue: 52 Locked in Shed, Abused - Now Free
IJM supported local authorities in an urgent rescue operation this week in southern India, freeing 52 enslaved women, men and children from...
December 22
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