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ECPAT-USA

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Since 1991, we have worked to end child sex trafficking through programs involving Youth Education, Private Sector Engagement, and Legislative Advocacy.
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90590

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Human trafficking is often a difficult topic to talk about – and even more challenging for those working to end human trafficking every day. There are more than 40 million human trafficking victims worldwide, including men, women and children trapped in forms of modern slavery: from forced labor to sexual exploitation. Human trafficking occurs in nearly every country around the globe stemming from both in-person and online targeting.

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  • Title: A Rally for Survivors
  • Charity: ECPAT-USA
  • Country: United States of America
  • Photo Credit: ECPAT-USA

ECPAT-USA proudly joined A Rally for Survivors in Solidarity with the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell Survivors. This was a day of community and healing for all survivors and a demand for justice and transparency. To learn more about ECPAT-USA’s work, visit www.ecpatusa.org.

  • Title: Dismantling Online Exploitation of Children
  • Charity: ECPAT-USA
  • Country: United States of America
  • Photo Credit: ECPAT-USA

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. To honor this special month, ECPAT-USA was proud to host a panel, “Dismantling Online Exploitation of Children,” with other leaders in the anti-trafficking and children’s rights communities. Together, the collective goal is to spearhead federal legislation that will require internet platforms to take steps toward the elimination of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), formerly called “child pornography.”

  • Title: 2021 Survivor Solidarity Ride
  • Charity: ECPAT-USA
  • Country: United States of America
  • Photo Credit: ECPAT-USA

Each year, the Survivor Solidarity Ride brings awareness to the reality that child trafficking is happening in every state in the nation. This ride highlights locations where survivors have indicated they were trafficked and where there have been reports of child exploitation. In doing so, it symbolizes ECPAT-USA’s solidarity with the brave men and women in its Survivors’ Council and celebrates their leadership in ECPAT-USA’s prevention programming. In 2020, ECPAT-USA rode through New York City. In 2021, as celebration of the launch of Brentwood School District Prevention Services Program, ECPAT-USA rode through Suffolk County, New York. Learn more about ECPAT-USA’s work by visiting our website at www.ecpatusa.org.


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ECPAT-USA’s Youth Against Child Trafficking (Y-ACT) program empowers youth to take the lead in anti-human trafficking efforts. ECPAT-USA trains students to be the foremost advocates in their communities and among their peers, educating them on the facts, misconceptions, and risks of trafficking. Students are provided the tools needed to identify the warning signs and proper resources to protect themselves and their peers. During one early morning workshop, the education team saw a student transition from avoiding the workshop altogether to becoming an active participant and advocate by the end. Prior to the class session, the Y-ACT educators positioned the chairs in a semicircle at the center of the room. At the start of the period, instead of sitting in the semicircle with the rest of their classmates, this student opted to find a seat behind a desk in the back left corner of the room. When handing out the pre-workshop…