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Sep 1, 2016

The Long Road Home

A 14-year-old went on summer vacation and was taken as a slave. Last week, her own mother went to jail for it. An inside look at sex trafficking in the Dominican Republic and how to end it. — Liana* put on clothes, her body moving faster than her mind. “I could escape,” was her only thought. It had dawned slowly on the 14-year-old that she was alone in the house that had become her prison. The woman who enslaved her there, who brought countless men to rape her…

Human Trafficking

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The Long Road Home
The Long Road Home
Human Trafficking

20 min read


Mar 8, 2016

Elsa’s Story: Slavery Does Not Define Her

Today on International Women’s Day, we celebrate Elsa,* a survivor of sex trafficking who chose to share her story on behalf of the millions of girls and women who are still in slavery. — If you want to describe a survivor of sex trafficking in one word, use Elsa’s: Strong. Just to imagine the nightmare Elsa lived will require strength. Night after night, men paid Elsa’s boss to take her away to their hotel rooms. They could do anything they wanted to her there…

Human Trafficking

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Elsa’s Story: Slavery Does Not Define Her
Elsa’s Story: Slavery Does Not Define Her
Human Trafficking

6 min read


Feb 5, 2016

Transformation: Cambodia

How one country’s progress on child sex trafficking can give the world hope for an end to slavery. — “Abusers once trumpeted Cambodia as the place to purchase young children for sex with impunity, a place where the justice system was so dysfunctional, so absent, that people could exploit the vulnerable without fear or shame.” — Christa Sharpe, former Field Office Director, IJM Cambodia Cambodia was once viewed by…

Human Trafficking

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Transformation: Cambodia
Transformation: Cambodia
Human Trafficking

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Jul 13, 2015

Cindi’s Herd of Helpers

How a shattering moment became an unlikely dream. — Seven years ago, Cindi Wolk sat in her sunny Tennessee kitchen, laid her head on the hardwood table and sobbed. She tearfully set aside Just Courage, a book by Gary Haugen, president of International Justice Mission. …

Women

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Cindi’s Herd of Helpers
Cindi’s Herd of Helpers
Women

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Apr 21, 2015

This is what we’ve been missing in the fight to end global poverty

Gary Haugen’s TED Talk tells how everyday violence is undermining development, and what we can do about it. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED In March 2015, IJM President and Founder Gary Haugen delivered a talk on the TED2015 stage in Vancouver, Canada. His message? There’s a reason that so many are…

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This is what we've been missing in the fight to end poverty
This is what we've been missing in the fight to end poverty

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Mar 20, 2015

Ambushed & Afraid

Why widows in Uganda need a new solution from the world. — Benedeta’s hands lay broad and calloused across her granddaughter’s little belly, telling much more of her story than her shy voice ever would.

Africa

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Ambushed & Afraid
Ambushed & Afraid
Africa

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Jan 25, 2015

WEF 2015: Improving the State of the World…for whom?

By Gary Haugen — In the midst of a busy week at the World Economic Forum (WEF) I found myself reflecting on WEF’s slogan of “Improving the State of the World.” While that is a very ambitious statement, in the past few days I have experienced tangible proof that there is indeed progress toward…

Culture

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Culture

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