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Zonta USA Advocacy Action Center

Zonta International is a global organization of individuals dedicated to building a better world for women and girls. The Zonta USA Advocacy Action Center is a tool for our members in the United States and other individuals who share our commitment to gender equality to take action to improve the lives of women and girls. With your help, we can make a difference. In addition to the actions below, click here to support our joint efforts with UNICEF USA to end child marriage in the United States.


Enhance detection of human trafficking
In the United States, 10,360 unique cases (incidents) of potential human trafficking were reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) in 2021. The NHTH reports that in 2021, there were 6,699 victims of sex trafficking; 84% identify as females and 28% are children.

The bipartisan Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act (H.R. 443) would ensure that Department of Labor (DOL) employees receive the proper training and continuing education to recognize instances of human trafficking and refer these cases to law enforcement agencies. 

If the bill is passed, the Secretary of Labor will be required to regularly report the training and continuing education provided under the program for the preceding year,  the number of cases referred during the preceding year to the Department of Justice and other appropriate authorities in which human trafficking was suspected, and the metrics used by such employees to accurately measure and track the response of the DOL to such cases.

“This bill will strengthen the federal government’s ability to recognize and crack down on human trafficking in order to better protect the most vulnerable in our nation’s workforce,” says the bill’s co-sponsor, Del. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-MP).

Please use our pre-drafted letters to urge your representative to co-sponsor and support the Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act. If they have already sponsored or co-sponsored the bill, you can send a message of thanks.

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