4 Ways Anyone Can Fight Human Trafficking

by Natalie Jesionka

Updated 6/19/2020

4 Ways Anyone Can Fight Human Trafficking

This Human Trafficking Awareness Month, you can make a difference, no matter who you are or what you do.

Human Trafficking Awareness Month

a lot of talk about human trafficking right now

1. Increase Your Knowledge, Set the Record Straight

Taken

my previous column on the issue explains this in detail

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Polaris Project

2. Know Your Slavery Footprint

Slavery Footprint

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Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act

3. Take Initiative at Work

Code of Conduct

launched campaigns to raise awareness

Made in a Free World

4. Get Out There

My list of seven organizations

Idealist

ProFellow

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Amnesty International

Photo courtesy of A Campaign Designed to Drop Sales.

Natalie Jesionka has researched and reported on human rights issues around the world. She lectures on human trafficking, gender and conflict, and human rights at Rutgers University. When she is not teaching, she is traveling and offering tips on how students and professionals can get the most out of their experiences abroad. She also encourages global exploration through her work as Editor of Shatter the Looking Glass, an ethical travel magazine. Natalie is a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow and served as a 2010 Fulbright Scholar in Thailand.

4 Ways Anyone Can Fight Human Trafficking

1. Increase Your Knowledge, Set the Record Straight

2. Know Your Slavery Footprint

3. Take Initiative at Work

4. Get Out There

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Photo courtesy of A Campaign Designed to Drop Sales.