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International Justice Mission volunteer work at University of Virginia.

International Justice Mission operates 17 Field Offices in Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has five Partner Offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany and Australia.[1] International Justice Mission focuses on combatting sex trafficking in the Dominican Republic,[2] India[3] and the Philippines;[4] sexual violence in Bolivia,[5] Guatemala,[6] Kenya[7] and Thailand;[8] forced labor slavery in Ghana,[9] India[3] and Cambodia;[10] property grabbing in Uganda;[11] police abuse of power in Kenya;[7] and citizenship rights in Thailand.[8]

IJM claims to have rescued more than 28,000 victims of abuse across the globe as of 2016.[12]

Through Project Lantern, International Justice Mission worked to develop a model for combatting sex slavery and human trafficking that other organizations and agencies could use.[13] In 2010, IJM reported the project documented a 79 percent decrease in the number of minors sold for sex in Cebu, Philippines.[14][15] Project Lantern was funded by a $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2006.[13][16]

In addition to its aforementioned work, International Justice Mission runs programs to train criminal justice departments and governments and provides legal aid.[17] The organization runs programs to help victims recover from their time in forced labor.[18] Additionally, IJM has endorsed proposed legislation in Washington, D.C., to enhance anti-trafficking efforts, including the End Modern Slavery Initiative.[19]

Investigations from some third-party sources have presented some negative outcomes of IJM's work. A United States Agency for International Development-funded census of sex workers in Cambodia in 2003 found the underage prostitution increased in the area the months following a series of brothel rescue missions organized by IJM.[20] A researcher said that's because the girls have debt contracts and families are pressured to pay back those debts after the girls are rescued.[20] The Nation reported that under Thai law at the time of specific raids in Thailand, voluntary sex workers faced deportation after raids.[20] In the Philippines, The Nation reported, "a number of the women and girls" housed in a government-run facility following rescue missions escaped.[21]In 2016, Holly Burkhalter, IJM's senior advisor for Justice System Transformation, said that within 10 years of working with the government in Cambodia, less than 1 percent of victims of sex trafficking were minors.[22]

Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have both commended IJM for its work. During International Women's Day on 12 March 2004, Bush extolled the work of an IJM official in charge of anti-trafficking operations. Bush went on to state that the U.S. government would stand by IJM's mission to end sex slavery.[23] In 2012, Obama said International Justice Mission was "truly doing the Lord's work" during the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.[24][25]

  1. ^ "Where we work". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Dominican Republic". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "India". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Philippines". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Bolivia". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Guatemala". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Kenya". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Thailand". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Ghana". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Cambodia". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Uganda". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Financials". International Justice Mission. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Gates Foundation awards $5 million to fight sex trafficking". Philanthropy News Digest. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  14. ^ "2012 TIP report heroes". United States Department of State. 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  15. ^ Olivia Enos and James M. Roberts (18 February 2016). "To Reduce Human Trafficking, Fight Corruption and Improve Economic Freedom". The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  16. ^ Rubio, Gregg M. (8 November 2010). "In 3 years of 'Project Lantern': 259 victims of human trafficking rescued". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  17. ^ Hopkins, Jared S. (22 April 2016). "Adam LaRoche, international groups go undercover to stop human trafficking". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  18. ^ Hawksley, Humphrey (11 July 2014). "Punished by axe: Bonded labour in India's brick kilns". BBC News. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  19. ^ Luscombe, Belinda (15 April 2016). "Why Ted Cruz is helping hold up an anti-slavery bill". Time. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  20. ^ a b c Thrupkaew, Noy (16 September 2009). "The crusade against sex trafficking". The Nation. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  21. ^ Thrupkaew, Noy (8 October 2009). "Beyond rescue". The Nation. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  22. ^ Jackman, Tom (23 September 2016). "Hunting for sex-traffickers abroad — by posing as johns". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  23. ^ Munro, Vanessa (2007). Sexuality and the Law: Feminist Engagements. Routledge. ISBN 9781135308308.
  24. ^ "Remarks by the President to the Clinton Global Initiative". White House. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  25. ^ Nazworth, Napp (26 September 2012). "Obama announces new effort against human trafficking, praises work of faith groups". Christian Post. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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