Be a True Blue Modern-Day Abolitionist During Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Blue is the universally acknowledged color for raising awareness of human trafficking. Express solidarity with this movement by adding blue to your wardrobe.
Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) Mauritania
http://www.iramauritanie.org/Mission
To stop and raise awareness among governments and partners on the social, economic and political life of enslaved Mauritanians
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The stereotype has been influenced by the movie Taken, which brought awareness to the issue of sex trafficking but also left people thinking that trafficking is white women bring kidnapped and sold to the highest bidder.