Trafficking

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in the U.S. We asked panelists: What does your community do to address the issue of trafficking and exploitation, particularly of vulnerable women and children?

The Sisters of Notre Dame, along with other congregations in Tanzania, play key roles in the fight against child trafficking by raising awareness and traveling to rural communities to educate village elders, women's groups and youth groups about trafficking experiences and dangers.

The Sisters of St. John the Evangelist combat human trafficking in Haiti through Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús, a shelter for potentially trafficked children and unaccompanied minors trying to cross the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Along Midwestern highways and interstates, with their hundreds of truck stops and rest stops, hubs for sex trafficking thrive. Sisters throughout the region are educating people to recognize the signs of victimization and are helping survivors recover.

The nuns and youth are trained to combat human trafficking, child marriage, and forced marriage.

The religious sisters who operate Talitha Kum Zambia assist trafficking victims like Angela, who responded to an ad for a teaching job in Thailand and was instead held captive and coerced into scamming people online.

Through my internship with the Congregation of Jesus Mary Joseph Social Service Society, I have met women and children whose lives are marked by resilience, strength and a quiet courage that I admire deeply.

Twelve women religious congregations in Sri Lanka have come together to address human trafficking, unsafe migration and exploitation of women and children in the island nation.