A Rights Based Approach to Trafficking

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Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Comparable Database Decision Tree

Created by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), this fact sheet provides an overview of the Homelessness Management Information System (HMIS) and the use of a comparable database.

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Faces of Human Trafficking: Discussion Guide

The Faces of Human Trafficking is a nine-video series created by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) that explores the experiences of a diverse group of human trafficking survivors and professionals from across the US.

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Sexual Harassment Initiative Information Sheet

Fact sheet created by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, provides information on the Department of Justice’s Initiative to Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing.

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Sexual Harassment is Illegal Flyer

Flyer created by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division to raise awareness about sexual harassment in housing. This flyer can be found in various languages on their website. 

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Human Trafficking and Reproductive Rights

This policy paper discusses the reproductive needs of survivors of trafficking and recommendations for providing these services.

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Comprehensive Legal Services for Trafficked Persons

This policy paper addresses the need for comprehensive legal services for survivors of trafficking.

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Human Trafficking and Sexual Assault

This policy paper discusses the intersection of human trafficking and sexual assault and provides recommendations on how to serve survivors who have potentially experienced both.

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Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence

Human trafficking and domestic violence can co-occur on a continuum of violence, and the dynamics involved in human trafficking are frequently interwoven with those of domestic violence. This policy paper discusses the intersections of human trafficking and domestic violence and…

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Human Trafficking and J-1 Visas for Temporary Workers

The J-1 is a non-immigrant visa for individuals approved for work- and study-based cultural exchange visitor programs. This policy paper discusses the vulnerabilities of individuals who hold this visa to be exploited into trafficking and provides recommendations on reducing the…

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Human Trafficking and H-2 Temporary Worker Visas

H-2 temporary lower-skilled workers are one of the largest groups of temporary foreign workers in the country. While not all temporary workers are trafficked, cases involving lower-skilled H-2 visa workers constitute some of the largest-ever criminal and civil human trafficking…

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Human Trafficking and Immigrant Rights

Immigrant workers are nearly twice as likely as U.S.-born workers to experience employment violations. This policy paper discusses the intersection of human trafficking and immigrant rights.

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Human Trafficking and Farmworkers

Historically, our agricultural system has relied on the labor of poor and disenfranchised people, many of whom have lacked full legal protections, including indentured and bonded laborers, slaves, sharecroppers, temporary workers, and undocumented migrants creating situations of human trafficking. This…

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Child Labor Trafficking in the United States

While the trafficking of children for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation receives a lot of attention, child trafficking for the purposes of labor doesn’t. This policy paper discusses child labor trafficking in the United States.

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Human Trafficking and Sex Workers Rights

The terms sex work and sex trafficking are often conflated leading to harmful policies and practices. This policy paper provides the user an understanding about the difference between sex work and sex trafficking, the human rights of sex workers and…

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End Demand Fact Sheet

This policy paper provides an explanation on why end demand efforts are harmful to the anti-trafficking movement and provides recommendations on shifting the narrative to create a more inclusive lens on combating human trafficking.

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A Rights Based Approach to Trafficking

This policy paper draws the reasons and the approaches that Freedom Network USA members have adopted in order to advance a right-based approach to combat human trafficking.  

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