This new campaign, pioneered by social media giant Meta, harnesses its technology including AR filters, 360 videos, and Horizon Worlds to educate Facebook and Instagram users by transporting them into an experience where they can hear the stories of trafficking victims to understand the intricacies of this heinous crime. This campaign reaches over 10 million social media users!
You have the unique opportunity to share the stories of trafficking survivors from around the world. Join us this fall and winter and host a film screening for your friends, family, church and community. We need you to bring light to these stories of rescue and restoration.
The Videotaped In-Depth Disclosure Interviews (VIDI) framework uses years of legal, academic and practical knowledge to present the model for conducting interviews that can be recorded and used throughout investigations, court procedures and in aftercare, shielding survivors from multiple retellings of their abuse and from having to face abusers, often family members or relatives of the victims in court.
15 million¹ is too many and Sonia* was only 16 when she was sexually assaulted by her grandfather. But her father advocated for her and nearly 3 years after the assault took place, the High Court found the perpetrator guilty of sexually assaulting his granddaughter. On Monday, August 15, 2022, the perpetrator was sentenced to 20 years in jail.
“The pandemic has undeniably changed the relationship between societies and the digital world. During this period, we’ve spent more time online: working, socializing, shopping – and, for many, sexually abusing children.” - John Tanagho, Executive Director, IJM’s Center to End Online Sexual Exploitation of Children
On a July evening Vania, then 7, was walking back home from school when she met a man her family knew. The man forcefully grabbed Vania and dragged her to a nearby bush and sexually assaulted her. That was in June 2016. More than six years later, thanks to intervention by International Justice Mission, the man who abused Vania will now serve 50 years in prison for what he did.
As part of IJM Ghana’s efforts to increase awareness of human trafficking using mass media and also maintain a strategic relationship with journalists and media houses, IJM empowered ten young and vibrant journalists from various media houses, radio, television and print media through a flagship program called, Young Journalist Fellowship Program.
“For so long, we suffered in silence, but we survived,” said group coordinator, Mr. Dortumor Wisdom. “When we were rescued, our hopes to freely live and pursue our goals were restored. We, therefore, have a heavy weight to ensure no child goes through what we have.” Learn how this group is changing the narrative in their communities.
