African Programming and Research Initiative to End Slavery

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An award from the International Labor Organization will help APRIES pre-doctoral fellow Elyssa Schroeder research ways to improve services for survivors of in , where the crime takes many forms in multiple hotspots.

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UGA Research featured our good news. APRIES pre-doc fellow Elyssa Schroeder received an International Labor Organization research award that will help Elyssa bolster future outcomes of child trafficking survivors in Sierra Leone.

https://research.uga.edu/news/un-funded-research-seeks-to-improve-services-for-child-trafficking-survivors/

In September, APRIES launched a data collection initiative in Kambia to provide a baseline measurement of trafficking prevalence in the district. Read more news, with comment from director Dr. David Okech: https://bit.ly/Kambia1