human trafficking

Women face a “higher extreme poverty rate …, obstacles to accessing or even exclusion … from quality education, and their lower wages in the workforce.

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Two Catholic organizations have joined forces to back three new bills designed to help victims of human trafficking and enhance safety for children online.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (OSV News) — Marches and Masses in more than 30 African countries were organized Feb. 8 to raise voices against human trafficking, marking the feast day of St. Josephine …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Human trafficking “is not only a serious crime” but it also “is a rejection of the God-given dignity of every human being,” said the chairman of …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The fight against human trafficking requires a global response and coordinated efforts at every level, Pope Francis said. He urged everyone, “especially representatives of governments and …

(OSV News) — As he reflected on child labor and other critical situations involving children all over the world, Pope Francis mentioned in the Jubilee Year’s second general audience Jan. …

(OSV News) — As the U.S. marks National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Jan. 11, the head of a faith-based network seeking to end the practice told OSV News “progress has been …

DHAKA, Bangladesh (OSV News) — Talitha Kum Bangladesh is empowering religious sisters and youth communities in the South Asian country to fight against human trafficking, child marriage and forced marriage …