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Sex Trafficking
The Joy of What Lies Ahead: A Survivor of Child Trafficking Reunites with IJM Decades After Her Rescue
Sharon Cohn Wu, now IJM North America President, was central to this 2003 rescue operation and called the reunion "a once-in-a-lifetime moment."
July 15
Three Tips for Teaching Online Safety to Kids
Summer break has officially started. Whether your family is headed to the lake, juggling summer camps, or hopping on a plane, it’s a season where...
June 17
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children
Where Passion and Skills Intersect to do Justice in the Philippines
From Canada to the Philippines, Tryphena's passion for justice and desire to grow closer to God's work drew her to move to Cebu to complete a year...
May 21
Slavery
Trauma-Informed Care Builds Resilience for Survivors of Human Trafficking and Violence
To ensure the best outcomes of healing, survivors need access to trauma-informed care. What is it?
April 08
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children
Playing Your Part is All You Need to Make an Impact
Have you ever wondered, “What difference can I make?” Seven years ago, David Pollendine, IJM Canada's National Director of Development was asking...
April 03
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children
Not Swift Enough: Survivors and Children Wait for Government, Industry to Act
In January explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift exploded across the internet. Tech platforms rightfully rushed to respond yet, industry actions...
February 08
Labour Trafficking
What is Bonded Labour?
An estimated 15.5 million people in South Asia and around the world are exploited by traffickers through a common form of labor trafficking called...
January 16
Child trafficking is nothing like in the movies. Here’s why that’s very good news.
Five examples of how child trafficking has been portrayed in movies, and how they compare to IJM’s real work in the Dominican Republic.
October 06
Sex Trafficking
How IJM helped the Dominican Republic reduce child sex trafficking by 78%
In the 2000s, if you sold a child for sex in the DR you would be more likely to win the lottery jackpot than to receive a conviction. But things have...
July 14