In our first rescue operation of 2021, IJM supported local authorities to free 41 people from bondage at a railway construction site in Odisha state. This included 12 young children and one baby born on site.
People in the DR under 18 will no longer be able to marry, even with parental consent and permission from a judge. “Through this law, a new stage begins in the country,” said IJM’s Sonia Hernandez. “Our girls and adolescents will be protected … and cannot be forced into marriage in their childhood or adolescence.” Read news coverage in Reuters.
Calls, petitions and meetings from advocates like you have led to incredible progress in the fight against slavery. Learn how the mundane-sounding process of appropriations plays a heroic role in ending violence against the poor.
Information from IJM Thailand has led to Thai police making a rare arrest of a local politician — along with six other people — on accusations of trafficking and exploiting five Burmese fishermen. Read coverage by the Voice of America.
