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February 22, 2012

United to End Genocide’s Daniel Sullivan and Shannon Orcutt returned this month from a two-week trip to Ethiopia and South Sudan, where they met with refugees from the crises in Southern Kordofan—a region of Sudan recently attacked by government forces. Here more about the humanitarian situation there and what's next for United to End Genocide as they answer our five questions.

United to End Genocide emerged in 2011 following the merger of the Save Darfur Coalition and Genocide Intervention Network, becoming the largest U.S. activist organization dedicated to preventing and ending genocide and mass atrocities worldwide.

 

February 21, 2012

Happy Mardi Gras!

February 15, 2012

Humanity United congratulates Verité and Manpower Group on the launch of "An Ethical Framework for international Labor Recruitment". This partnership, and the principles themselves, represent an important innovation in industry's ability to proactively respond to forced labor and human trafficking.

Verité is a grantee of Humanity United, and this new report is supported in part by our foundation.

February 14, 2012

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it will now allow its grantees to use HHS funds toward legal assistance for foreign national human trafficking survivors, following a request from the Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST).

Legal services are essential to the identification, protection, and empowerment of trafficking survivors. Read more from Cory Smith, policy consultant to ATEST, a project of Humanity United.

February 10, 2012

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