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Domestic Violence: Protective Orders and the Role of Police Enforcement (06/01/2007)

Human Trafficking: Modern Enslavement of Immigrant Women in the United States (05/31/2007)

Human Trafficking: Modern Enslavement of Immigrant Women in the United States (PDF) (05/31/2007)
Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It is an extreme form of labor exploitation where women, men and children are recruited or obtained and then forced to labor against their will through force, fraud or coercion. Trafficking victims are often lured by false promises of decent jobs and better lives. The inequalities women face in status and opportunity worldwide make women particularly vulnerable to trafficking.

Trafficking and Exploitation of Migrant Domestic Workers by Diplomats and Staff of International Organizations in the United States (01/17/2007)
Millions of people are employed as domestic workers in American homes. Yet, while domestic workers care for America's homes and families, employers frequently subject migrant women workers to illegal and abusive working conditions.

Trapped in the Home: Global Trafficking and Exploitation of Migrant Domestic Workers (01/17/2007)
According to the UN, 12.3 million people are being held in conditions of forced labor and/or servitude at any one time. Eighty percent of these victims are women and girls.

Custody and Control: Girls in the Juvenile Justice System (09/25/2006)

Words From Prison - Did You Know...? (06/12/2006)

Five Notable Women of the ACLU (03/03/2005)

WRP Briefing Paper (03/02/2005)