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The Work of NGOs: Related Links and Article Sources

April 22, 2005
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  • The link to “Resources” and “Educational Materials” on the Protection Project’s web site provides more detail on the 3 Ps approach noted above.

  • The Polaris Project has briefing materials on trafficking in persons for law enforcement authorities. These include definitions, case examples, sample interview questions, and U.S. Codes on trafficking-related offenses.

  • In March 2005, an appeal was sent by Amnesty International and Anti-Slavery International, along with more than 100 other European NGOs, to the Council of Europe. It provides more detail on the protections sought for trafficked persons.

  • Your Perspectives editor formerly worked at a UK-based publication called Understanding Global Issues. Some of the comments in this article on victim protection came from her work on “Slavery: Blight on the 21st Century.”

  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers tool kits for Health Care Providers, Social Service Providers, and Law Enforcement Officers who are currently providing services to victims of trafficking, or who could potentially come into contact with victims of trafficking.

  • The Sage Project, based in California, is an example of a local initiative that offers survivor-centered programs.

  • For a review of all the politics behind Bush Administration policies on trafficking, see a November 2004 article in the American Prospect called “Of Human Bondage.”

  • The U.S. State Department site on human trafficking offers a number of fact sheets on current policy approaches.

  • Ashoka, a OneWorld partner, is featuring trafficking on their Changemakers web site during March 2005. In addition to a main story that addresses U.S. policy approaches, there’s a mosaic of innovative programs around the world to combat trafficking as well as a contest offering $5,000 to the organization or individual that comes up with the most innovative approach to combating human trafficking.

  • The Academy for Educational Development, a OneWorld partner, has a web site whose purpose is to bring governments and NGOs in the East Asia/Pacific region together to cooperate in efforts to combat human trafficking. The site offers some “best practice” models, links to regional groups, and more information about the China example mentioned above.

  • The International Labor Organization’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific has information on initiatives to combat trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region.

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