Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Looking Forward to Prevention and Solutions

January 11, 2013 | Filed under: Featured,Slavery/Human Trafficking | Posted by: Juhu Thukral

January 11^th is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. While more people are learning about trafficking and the climate of fear that subjects so many low-wage workers to this assault on their basic dignity, we still have a lot of work to do in crafting long-term solutions that will prevent such human rights abuses.

As we take time to honor those who have survived trafficking and modern slavery, Race-Talk has invited experts to talk about their suggestions for promising solutions to address and prevent it. These leaders include important voices on the issue—people working directly with survivors, years of experience in the field, and leading policy advocates. They focus on the impact of our own consumer behavior in trafficking, intersections with public and sexual health, screening and awareness to promote legal remedies, and crafting policies for prevention from survivors.

We hope you find their commentary interesting and thought-provoking—Best—Juhu Thukral

Articles

Undocumented Immigrants Overlooked in Anti Human Trafficking Efforts – By Kavitha Sreeharsha

Individual Experiences of Trafficking Provide Crucial Information for Prevention –By Melissa Ditmore and Suzanne B. Seltzer

Human Trafficking and Corporate Supply Chains — By Ivy O. Suriyopas

Confiscating Condoms from Sex Workers and Trafficking Victims – a Dangerous Policy — By Sienna Baskin

By Juhu Thukral,

Juhu Thukral is the Director of Law and Advocacy at The Opportunity Agenda. She has been an advocate for the rights of low-income and immigrant women in the areas of sexual health and rights, gender-based violence, economic security, and criminal justice for 20 years. Prior to joining The Opportunity Agenda, Ms. Thukral was the founder and Director of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, where she envisioned and developed legal and programmatic initiatives around sex work and human rights, trafficking in persons, and economic security. She is also a founding Steering Committee member of the NY Anti-Trafficking Network. She has served as an expert source for a wide range of media outlets, including the Washington Post, Boston Globe, New York Times, Women’s eNews, NPR, Democracy Now, Good Morning America, NY1, Village Voice, RH Reality Check, AlterNet and numerous other venues. Before her work with the Sex Workers Project, Ms. Thukral was a Staff Attorney in the Urban Justice Center’s Family Violence Project, where she engaged in legal advocacy for battered women who were dealing with the criminal justice and child welfare systems. In addition, Ms. Thukral has been a Blackmun Fellowship Attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights in New York, and a Ruth Chance Law Fellow at Equal Rights Advocates in San Francisco. Ms. Thukral obtained her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she was awarded the Elaine Osborne Jacobson Award for Women in Health Care Law, and her B.A. from Rice University.

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