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When a man, desperate for work, finds himself in a factory or on a fishing boat or in a field, working, toiling, for little or no pay, and beaten if he tries to escape — that is slavery. When a woman is locked in a sweatshop, or trapped in a home as a domestic servant, alone and abused and incapable of leaving — that’s slavery.
When a little boy is kidnapped, turned into a child soldier, forced to kill or be killed — that’s slavery. When a little girl is sold by her impoverished family — girls my daughters’ age — runs away from home, or is lured by the false promises of a better life, and then imprisoned in a brothel and tortured if she resists — that’s slavery. It is barbaric, and it is evil, and it has no place in a civilized world.”
-President Barack Obama
On April 9, 2013, the White House Forum to Combat Human Trafficking was held to highlight the significant progress this Administration has made to combat human trafficking, including developments since President Obama delivered his seminal speech on the fight to end trafficking in persons at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in September 2012. Watch the video to hear more about the Administration’s commitment with Deputy Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bill Corr; Survivor Organizer, Ima Matul, Chair of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Susie Stern; and Ambassador of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the Department of State, Luis CdeBaca (right to left). Read more about the Forum her
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