It is estimated that a child arrives alone at a major railway station in India every five minutes. These children could be seeking work to help their families, running away from abuse, or may simply be orphaned with nowhere else to go. Criminals often prey on vulnerable children, win their trust, and traffic them to other places for labor or sex. Learn how a protection force is using child-friendly spaces to combat human trafficking in these train stations.
IJM Champions across the U.S. fuel IJM’s mission by engaging in policy change, catalyzing prayer and bringing awareness to their community. Champions can connect with other supporters in their city and have access to exclusive IJM resources.
This new technology is unlike Google Translate or other similar services as it does not transmit any part of the conversation, its location, participants, etc., into cyberspace. It also has no recording capability. This is especially important in sensitive conversations. This cutting-edge resource allows IJM staff and partners to listen to the needs of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Romania so that we can provide them with the right help and the security of knowing that they have been heard.
Many people criticized IJM Uganda’s Cissy N. Bwogi for going to university. Now she uses her degree to support victims of violence including providing shelters for women within police stations, trauma-informed interview rooms and comfortable spaces, with equipment needed to record reliable, tamper-proof evidence for court.
The fate of families in bonded labor used to rest solely with the decisions of their local government. But today, victims waiting for relief can also rely on powerful state-level agencies working to protect all citizens of Tamil Nadu and ensure local officials fully protect those in need. For families trapped in bonded labor across the state today, this speedier and more sensitive intervention makes all the difference.
Isha* and Lucy* were 16 and 17 years old when they were freed in December of 2020 in a rescue operation led by Dominican authorities. The investigation revealed that this woman held the victims captive in her home. Our team supported authorities to arrest her and secure pre-trial detention without bail, keeping the danger off the streets. After 20 months of trial, a Dominican court found a woman guilty of trafficking and sexually exploiting two teenagers and sentenced her to 15 years.