Mary Nikkel, Author at The Exodus Road

Human Trafficking Education International Survivor-Centered Advisory Committee

Human Trafficking Survivor Health Effects

Content note: This article discusses multiple kinds of abuse and the physical and mental impacts…

Mary NikkelApril 5, 2024

Human Trafficking Education

Human Trafficking in the Middle East

Human trafficking is present in every country in the world, which includes countries in the…

Mary NikkelMarch 20, 2024

Human Trafficking Education

How do traffickers lure their victims?

For many of us, the idea that traffickers could be operating anywhere is frightening. You…

Mary NikkelJanuary 10, 2024

Human Trafficking News

1 boy and more than 10 Laotian men freed from sex trafficking

Seng* was only 14 years old, but he was living in the back of a…

Mary NikkelJanuary 2, 2024

Human Trafficking News

24 men in Brazil freed from oppressive labor trafficking in quarries

Multiple agencies collaborated to inspect suspicious quarry work sites throughout northern Brazil. The law enforcement…

Mary NikkelOctober 3, 2023

A woman in a blue shirt, Nin at Freedom Home in Thailand.

Aftercare Human Trafficking Education Survivor Stories

Walking Away from Sex Trafficking: Nin’s Story

Like many teenagers, Nin* had a deep desire for independence. Unfortunately, that normal youthful desire…

Mary NikkelSeptember 29, 2023

Human Trafficking Education International Survivor-Centered Advisory Committee Survivor Stories U.S. Education

Boys are trafficked too: Survivor leader Sean Wheeler’s story

When you think of someone being trafficked, who do you picture? Many of us immediately…

Mary NikkelSeptember 20, 2023

A picture of Isami Daehn, familial trafficking survivor and advocate

Human Trafficking Education Survivor Stories

A Story of Familial Trafficking: Survivor and Advocate Isami Daehn

Sometimes exploitation is so subtle, so unlike the stereotypical narrative of human trafficking, that the…

Mary NikkelSeptember 12, 2023

Human Trafficking News

15-year-old freed in Thailand, the teen who trafficked her for drugs in custody

On the day everything changed, Fah* thought it would be like any other day: she…

Mary NikkelSeptember 8, 2023

Human Trafficking Education

Should we use the word “rescue” when we talk about human trafficking?

Language matters. It impacts how we understand situations. It colors our perceptions of people. It…

Mary NikkelAugust 29, 2023

Mary Nikkel

Human Trafficking Survivor Health Effects

Human Trafficking in the Middle East

How do traffickers lure their victims?

1 boy and more than 10 Laotian men freed from sex trafficking

24 men in Brazil freed from oppressive labor trafficking in quarries

Walking Away from Sex Trafficking: Nin’s Story

Boys are trafficked too: Survivor leader Sean Wheeler’s story

A Story of Familial Trafficking: Survivor and Advocate Isami Daehn

15-year-old freed in Thailand, the teen who trafficked her for drugs in custody

Should we use the word “rescue” when we talk about human trafficking?

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