Updated: July 1, 2024
THEME 2024: “Leave No Child Behind in the Fight Against Human Trafficking”
“This year’s global campaign for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons urges accelerated action to end child trafficking. Children represent a significant proportion of trafficking victims worldwide, with girls being disproportionately affected.” – United Nations – Office on Drugs and Crime
“Human trafficking is a crime that exploits women, children and men for numerous purposes including forced labor and sex. Every country in the world is affected by human trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit, or destination for victims. Traffickers the world over continue to target women and girls. The vast majority of detected victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation and 35% of those trafficked for forced labor are female. Conflict further exacerbates vulnerabilities, with armed groups exploiting civilians and traffickers targeting forcibly displaced people.” – United Nations
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022
May 2022 Report Exploitation and Abuse: The Scale and Scope of in Southeastern Europe
May 2022 Report Summary Exploitation and Abuse: The Scale and Scope of in Southeastern Europe
Cooperation is key to countering human trafficking and migrant smuggling: UNODC facilitates training on Mutual Legal Assistance request drafting
Blog | Human Trafficking Policy, Training Opportunities and Events, and learn more about the Anti-Trafficking Field – Freedom Network USA
YouTube | Leave No One Behind: Combatting Global Human Trafficking (2023) – American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Human Trafficking in Asia: a Hidden Scourge – Generation for Rights Over the World (GROW)
Ukraine Crisis Creates New Trafficking Risks – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Preventing, Combating and Eradicating Trafficking in Persons – United Nations Network | Migration Network Hub
Human Trafficking – Interpol
Slavery Still Exists – International Justice Mission
Ending Human Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation – Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)
Human Trafficking Victims Rescue – Our Underground Railroad
End Sexual Exploitation of Children – ECPAT International
Stop Child Trafficking – Protect All Children from Trafficking (PACT) (formerly ECPAT USA)
Fighting Human Trafficking in Ukraine – The Borgen Project
The 1.5 million children who fled Ukraine are at risk of human trafficking – National Public Radio (NPR)
National Survivor Network
Definitions and Explanations of Terms
Survivor’s Experiences of Sharing Their Trafficking Stories Publicly
CWNY’s list of resources on Human Trafficking awareness and prevention – Center for the Women of New York (CWNY)