Women's Programs Office

Human Trafficking Awareness

On December 30, 2011, President Obama proclaimed January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month:

 

"Human trafficking endangers the lives of millions of people around the world, and it is a crime that knows no borders. Trafficking networks operate both domestically and transnationally, and although abuses disproportionally affect women and girls, the victims of this ongoing global tragedy are men, women, and children of all ages."