Human trafficking and contemporary slavery are important issues that have gotten a whole lot of attention over the past decade. Largely as a result of activism in the United States, countries all over the world have been scrambling to bring their laws into line with US benchmarks. International aid agencies have added this issue to their portfolio. International donors are giving money to support these efforts. And, perhaps most the most exciting thing for a social movement scholar like myself, is to see the issue of contemporary slavery emerge as a [...]
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