Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy

USAID launched a Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Policy to reinvigorate and further focus the agency’s C-TIP efforts. The policy emphasizes five key objectives:

Integration of C-TIP activities into broader development programs
Rigorous research on C-TIP programming through surveys and impact evaluations
Institutional accountability within USAID to combat trafficking
Investments in critical trafficking challenge countries
Increase C-TIP activities in conflict and crisis-affected areas

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Counter Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct

USAID adopted a Counter Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct that prohibits all employees from engaging in trafficking in persons or any behaviors that may facilitate trafficking, such as commercial sex.

Guidance on the Implementation of USAID Counter Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct

This document provides guidance on the implementation of USAID’s Counter Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct.

Counter-Trafficking in Persons Standard Operating Procedure

USAID takes the issue of human trafficking in government contracts and assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) very seriously. This document demonstrates the current comprehensive standard operating procedure (SOP) of the agency with regards to potential TIP abuses by contractors,...

Counter-Trafficking in Persons – Field Guide

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Trafficking in persons (TIP) is a global crime that involves the “recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons” through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of exploitation. A modern form of slavery, human...

Sweet and Sour: An Investigation of Conditions on Tropical Fruit Farms in North-East Brazil

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A government policy of periodically raising the minimum wage, proactive enforcement of the minimum wage, and clear labour laws have raised incomes and reduced inequality between men and women workers in Brazil over the past 20 years. However, these ...Read More

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Promising practices in the engagement of people with lived experience to address modern slavery and human trafficking

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This is a summary of the report: A Review of Promising Practices in the Engagement of People with Lived Experience to Address Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. The full report can be accessed on the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evi...Read More

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Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal and Corporate Supply Chains

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This report is not intended to provide specific guidance on EO compliance, but it does provide the framework and resources necessary to understand the risk of human trafficking in global supply chains, and can help readers begin to assess the risk o...Read More

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Using SAS® Text Analytics to Assess International Human Trafficking Patterns

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By Tom Sabo, Adam Pilz, SAS Institute Inc. Abstract The US Department of State (DOS) and other humanitarian agencies have a vested interest in assessing and preventing human trafficking in its many forms. A subdivision within the DOS releases pub...Read More

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