In the face of the vast and complex issue of slavery in the Thai fishing industry, Peter Williams, IJM’s Lead Advisor on Modern Slavery, shares why he has hope that IJM’s core model can bring systemic change.
Shannon Service, director and producer of the documentary Ghost Fleet, takes us deeper into the pervasive lawlessness of the industry in the latest episode of The New Activist.
Christianity Today highlights IJM in a recent article as one of many organizations that had to reevaluate programming due to funding cuts. In the past year, IJM Guatemala had to lay off 40% of its staff and scale back key projects demonstrating great promise in addressing child sexual assault.
In the early days of IJM’s work, it could have taken weeks of advocacy and a dozen IJM staff to make a rescue possible. But this month, the local authorities took charge in one of the largest joint operations in India to date, demonstrating the massive shift taking place in that country.