How can emerging data-driven technologies improve the global response to #EndHumanTrafficking ? 🔎

What role can innovative information technologies play in combating trafficking in persons in West Africa? 🌍

Our new brief analyzes the opportunities.

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Hot off the press! Read our newly released “Promising Practices: A Review of U.S. Government-Funded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Programs” here: ow.ly/iEka50PLkB6 and learn more about how we are working together to #EndHumanTrafficking

A landmark anti-trafficking conference in West Africa produced The Freetown Roadmap, which will guide regional efforts to #EndHumanTrafficking across the ECOWAS region and dovetails with CenHTRO's priorities. Read more 👇

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CenHTRO's enumerator training in Zambia for our research on labor trafficking in Southern Africa was covered by Prime Television Zambia. In an interview, our director David Okech details the project's phases.

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The School of Social Work at the University of Georgia is committed to creating positive social change through research, education, service, and a spirit of social innovation. #uga #socialwork #socialinnovation

CenHTRO currently seeks candidates for 3 positions:

1️⃣ Director of Survivor Engagement
2️⃣ Sierra Leone Program Manager
3️⃣ Qualitative Support Specialist

Work with us on the beautiful UGA campus!

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🌍 CenHTRO faculty and staff— @davidokech3 Laura Zimmermann + Claire Bolton—traveled to Malawi 🇲🇼 + Zambia 🇿🇲 recently to train enumerators for our research on labor trafficking in Southern Africa.

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CenHTRO's David Okech + Lydia Aletraris are in Vienna, Austria this week, working on the Standard Tools for Analysis of Trafficking in Persons (STATIP) project with International Labour Organization UN Office on Drugs & Crime IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳, discussing legal definitions of #forcedlabor and #humantrafficking .

Our #Senegal partner Free the Slaves completed the final Community Vigilance Committee training last week.

🔎In 🇸🇳's gold mining regions, CVCs help us identify victims of sex trafficking and refer them to our network of services.

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CenHTRO currently seeks two positions to be based UGA UGASocialWork. Come join us!

1️⃣ Sierra Leone Program Manager 🇸🇱
2️⃣ Qualitative Support Specialist 🔎

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🚨CenHTRO is hiring!

We seek qualified candidates to mange our Sierra Leone project on child trafficking and child labor. Position is based UGA in @ugasocialwork.

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'The tangible success we witness today fuels our future work.'

A message of hope and hard work from our director David Okech

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CenHTRO staff recently traveled to Dakar, Senegal, to conduct a workshop with high-level stakeholders on our baseline findings on sex trafficking in the country’s gold mining areas.

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💥Impact news!

In under a year, CenHTRO and partner Free the Slaves have removed 97 girls + young women from sex trafficking in the gold mining areas of Senegal, part of a project funded by U.S. State Dept. Trafficking in Persons Office.

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📢 CenHTRO Director David Okech reflects on tangible success in combatting #sextrafficking in #Senegal 🇸🇳.

'We want to provide support to survivors so that they can continue to play vital roles in our programs.'

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💥Impact news!

In under a year, CenHTRO and partner Free the Slaves have removed 97 girls + young women from sex trafficking in the gold mining areas of Senegal, part of a project funded by U.S. State Dept. Trafficking in Persons Office.

Learn more 👉 t.uga.edu/8cV

ICYMI: A message from CenHTRO Director David Okech for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.

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In #SierraLeone , on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, our Sierra Leone Coordinator Umaru Fofanah joined other anti-TIP organizations in Freetown to promote awareness about Victim Protection Safeguards and the dangers of Human Trafficking.

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On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, CenHTRO calls on everyone to do their part to #LeaveNoOneBehind in the fight to #EndHumaTrafficking .

Learn more about how CenHTRO combats #humantrafficking at cenhtro.uga.edu.

Today marks the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Trafficking methods are complex, but our mission is clear – to end modern slavery. Your awareness can disrupt these chains. Together, we can make freedom the norm. #EndHumanTrafficking

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