DOCUMENTS SAVING THE CHILDREN

 Remarks at the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report Launch Ceremony

 25 MILLION CHILDREN & WOMEN VANISH WORLDWIDE EACH YEAR   

CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT LIST 34 METHODOLOGY 38 GLOBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA 43 TVPA MINIMUM STANDARDS 45 2020 TIP REPORT HEROES 47 TIER PLACEMENTS AND REGIONAL MAPS 55 HOW TO READ A COUNTRY NARRATIVE 62 COUNTRY NARRATIVES 63 RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS 548 STOPPING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE BY INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS & CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 549 INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND SUB-REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 550 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS 556 

 As this 20th anniversary report is released, we and our allies and partners find ourselves confronting a crisis that has reached previously unimagined proportions. While urgency has always marked the fight against human trafficking, the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic have magnified the need for all stakeholders to work together in the fight more than ever. We know that human traffickers prey upon the most vulnerable and look for opportunities to exploit them. Instability and lack of access to critical services caused by the pandemic mean that the number of people vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers is rapidly growing.  

 Despite the schemes of traffickers, the reality is this: governments across the world, survivors, NGOs, faith communities, and advocates are still at work. For 20 years we have determined that we will not grow weary in our fight for freedom, and we have only just begun. Hope lies ahead 

  She was threatened and told that if she refused, the priest would place a curse on her and she would be killed. 

 Faith-based organizations are well-positioned by their familiarity with local threats, their stake in keeping their communities safe, and their ability to develop context, build trust, establish relationships, and provide protection before a trafficker ever acts. They can issue calls to action that cut across borders, cultures, ethnicities, and economic classes.