Engage your community in the movement to end modern
slavery. International Justice Mission (IJM) invites Rotary
clubs everywhere to partner in the fight for freedom. Join
us to learn how Rotarians and IJM are partnering to end
slavery.
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The Need
More than 45 million slaves in our world today
(Global Slavery Index)
Nearly 2 million children exploited in global commercial sex
trade (UNICEF)
1 in 5 women victimized by rape or attempted rape in her lifetime
(UN)
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5,880 children, women and men relieved by
IJM and IJM-trained field partners in 2017.
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IJM protects the poor
from violence
by partnering with local authorities, IJM’s
mission is to rescue thousands, protect
millions and prove that justice for the poor is
possible.™
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The End Modern Slavery Initiative seeks to raise $1.5 billion from public
and private donors over 7 years to fund successful anti-slavery models
around the world.
IJM founder
and
president
Gary Haugen
testifies
before the
Senate
Foreign
Relations
Committee
on February
4, 2015.
End Modern Slavery Initiative
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Three Ways to Take Action
1. Get action opportunities and email
updates from IJM: IJM.org/rotary
2. Join the Rotarian Action Group Against
Slavery by visiting: ragas.online
3. Live in the United States or in one of our
field regions? Connect with us by emailing:
rotary@ijm.org
Founded in 1997 by human rights lawyer Gary Haugen formerly, the Director of the U.N. investigation in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, and recognized by the U.S. State Department as a Trafficking in Persons “Hero” – the highest honor given by the U.S. government for anti-slavery leadership.
18 field offices throughout the developing world and 5 partner offices with our global headquarters based in DC.
650+ full-time staff of Lawyers, investigators, social workers, community activists and other professionals, and 96% of staff are nationals of the countries in which they serve.
We focus on individual case work in the areas of:
SLAVERY
SEX TRAFFICKING
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
PROPERTY GRABBING
POLICE ABUSE OF POWER
CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS ABUSE- There are about 12 million stateless people worldwide1 –many of them belong to hill tribes & ethnic minority groups, who lack citizenship . And are most vulnerable to being trafficked or otherwise exploited.
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At IJM, we believe that making poverty history cannot be accomplished if we don’t address violence, because every day violence undermines all other forms of economic aid. So we work to protect the poor from violence by partnering with local authorities and law enforcement to rescue victims, bring criminals to justice, restore survivors and strengthen justice systems
Ghana rescue
Maarko Video
Just a word about our policy goal, which Holly touched on this morning and which you’ll hear more about later this afternoon.
We talked about how advocacy is often like a winding road, and that is true for this effort as well. In 2013-14, advocates in TN raised their voices to urge Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee to help pass a bill that would bolster the authority of the Trafficking in Persons Office. Senator Corker wasn’t interested in working on that bill, but he started taking a closer look at IJM’s work and model, as well as current US efforts to combat slavery and trafficking. Sen. Corker and his staff came to the realization that the United States government can and should be doing much more to stop these crimes – that the scale of the crime vastly outweighed US efforts to confront it…as highly effective as TIP efforts were with their limited resources. They visited IJM offices in the Philippines to meet clients, talk to the police forces, and learn how transformation is possible in the justice system to rescue and protect even more victims of exploitation. IN early 2015, he joined with a bipartisan group of Senate sponsors to introduce the EMSI Act. In February, the bill passed unanimously out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Here is a picture of IJM President Gary Haugen testifying before Congress in February before the SFRC.
In 2015, our goal here is to get both of our Senators and all of our Representatives on board this bill.