Just think: Millions of people all over the world are being held against their will and traded for sex, labor, ransom, and forced organ donation. Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and this practice, the equivalent of modern-day slavery, is a grave violation of our basic human rights. To learn about this issue in the United States, we spoke with Katie Pedigo, Executive Director with New Friends New Life (NFNL), a nonprofit organization that restores and empowers trafficked or sexually exploited women. At NFNL, Pedigo sees firsthand the effects that sex crimes have on victims and our community. Pedigo believes, like we do, that violence against women is not an illness. Violence against women is a cycle that can be broken, giving victims the potential for a better tomorrow. Find out how your efforts can help combat human trafficking.
