Tag Archives: child protection

Human trafficking: Consequences of congressional inaction

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Jessica Bousquette in Advocacy

Upon arriving at the courthouse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, we walked up four flights of stairs and into a sparse, yet lively courtroom. We took our seats on the wooden benches and listened as a pastor from a local church translated the defense attorney’s remarks from Spanish into Creole for three young men. I was witnessing my first human trafficking trial — and the Dominican Republic’s first forced child begging case....

Child trafficking: Notes from the front lines

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Jesse Eaves in Advocacy

June 12 is the World Day Against Child Labor. Globally, at least 2 million children are trafficked annually for child labor and sexual exploitation. World Vision is working in places like Bangladesh, a human trafficking source and transit country, to protect vulnerable children from trafficking and forced labor. Traveling in Bangladesh to see World Vision’s child protection programs in action, Jesse Eaves, our child protection policy advisor, reflects on what he sees at the Benapole border crossing between Bangladesh and India. * * * I see the trucks long before I see the actual border — colorful, well-used, laden with cargo and people, lined up one after another on the shoulder of the road. In fact, I almost...

Child trafficking is no joke

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Jesse Eaves in Advocacy

For more than a year, World Vision has advocated for reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). The law, which represents the cornerstone of U.S. policies to fight modern-day slavery, expired on September 30, 2011, because Congress did not vote to reauthorize it in time. As a result, U.S. efforts to combat trafficking are essentially on hold until the law is reauthorized. Here is an update from World Vision’s child protection policy advisor, Jesse Eaves....

The glamor of a brothel raid

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Rich Stearns in Stories

Rich Stearns, president of World Vision U.S., shares a story from his recent visit to Cambodia that highlights the numerous interventions required to fight poverty, injustice, and oppression — those that are dramatic and highly-publicized, as well as those that are less conspicuous but equally critical....

Seizing the “Kony” moment

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Jesse Eaves and Nathaniel Hurd in Advocacy, Conversations

People are still talking about Joseph Kony. We’ll say it again: That’s a good thing....