human trafficking - NC Stop Human Trafficking

Gender Inequality Drives Human Trafficking

Gender inequality drives human trafficking globally. Women and girls are at a higher risk of being trafficked due to gender inequalities. Cultural and societal inequality deprives many women across the globe of fundamental rights and employment opportunities necessary...

Healthy Communities Prevent Human Trafficking

Creating and organizing a healthy community helps prevent human trafficking. The prevention and end of human trafficking requires an approach implemented by all members of the community. A healthy community promotes an environment of safety, connectedness, and...

Why Don’t They Just Leave?

A common question that comes up during our community education sessions, after we say that forcible kidnap by a stranger is not the typical start of human trafficking experience, is why don’t they just leave, then? The answer to that question is as complicated as the...

NC Stop Human Trafficking denounces National Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act

NC Stop Human Trafficking denounces H.R. 2601 “National Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act.” This policy would require the National Human Trafficking Hotline to hand over information to state and federal law enforcement upon request. If this bill becomes law,...

“If We Improve Border Control, Can We Gid Rid of Human Trafficking?”

People who attend our trainings or chat with us at community events often ask us about southern border control and how that relates to human trafficking. Oftentimes, the question sounds like, “If we improve border control, can we get rid of human trafficking here?”...