human trafficking

This year’s Rise & Thrive program from the LOTUS Legal Clinic is helping survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking heal through poetry and music. Rise & Thrive's inaugural resident Marielle Allschwang worked with survivors to create the four-song digital EP, "Somewhere to Swim."

Milwaukee has long been considered a hub of sex trafficking in the U.S. For years, Dana World-Patterson has been helping exploited women leave that life behind, as the founder and CEO of Foundations for Freedom. Now, the organization has embarked on a new chapter — providing housing for these same women.

In Milwaukee and cities around the world, we’ve seen a rise in human trafficking due, in part, to the instability the pandemic caused.

Across the world, men and boys are being asked to help stop human trafficking by signing a pledge offered by the HEMAD program.HEMAD is short for Human…

Wisconsin has a reputation for being in the top five states for sex trafficking, so combating the issue has long been a concern. On Thursday, Wisconsin…

Human trafficking affects millions of people around the world, including in Milwaukee. And federal law views human trafficking as a contemporary form of…

National statistics indicate that nearly one in five women have experienced rape or attempted rape at some point in their lives.While April is Sexual…

For the past week, WUWM has been reporting on sex trafficking — what it is, who's affected, and how activists and elected officials are responding. Those…

Sex trafficking has been reported in all 72 counties across Wisconsin — earning the state a reputation as a hub for the crime. Some elected officials are…

Near Washington Park on Milwaukee’s west side, Nancy Yarbrough runs the Humble Beginnings organization for women facing domestic violence, drug addiction…