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International Justice Mission
International Justice Mission (IJM) is a collection of lawyers, criminal investigators and trauma social workers who take on individual cases of abuse and oppression referred by ministries and relief and development workers serving amongst the poor. They bring to IJM cases of violence, slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of oppression. IJM then investigates these cases to bring about four things: rescue and relief for the victims; provision of aftercare to meet their broad and complicated needs; pursuit of justice for the perpetrators; and finally, structural prevention to keep the abuses from happening again.
The IJM mission is driven by a massive need in the world. The massive need is manifest in the suffering of those who are hurting not because they lack food, medicine, clothing or shelter – but because they have oppressors who abuse their power to take from the weak and the vulnerable the things that are rightfully theirs; namely their life, liberty, dignity or the fruits of their love and labour.
IJM takes on various types of casework around the world. One area of focus is that of combating sex trafficking. Traffickers sell the individuals to make a profit in what has become a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Sex trafficking often consists of the movement of persons across or within borders, but may not entail actual physical displacement. Trafficked women and girls are often tricked with the promise of a good job. Some are kidnapped and drugged, only to find upon waking that they are trapped in a brothel and forced to provide sex to customers. In some instances, these victims are sold by family members in order to pay medical bills or family debts. Though these abuses are against the local laws, corruption and lack of resources often leave these girls with nowhere to turn to for help.
IJM began operations in 1997 and has since established 14 operational field offices located in Bolivia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Kenya, the Philippines, Rwanda, South Asia, Thailand, Uganda and Zambia. The incredible suffering of those for whom the law is not enforced is often prevalent in poorer regions, where the lack of resources heightens the occurrence of injustice.
You can join IJM in the fight against injustice by being an agent of change. There are many outlets for people to make significant contributions to the fight against injustice. IJM recognises the potential of all people to be effective leaders in the fight for international human rights and aims to build a justice generation. International Justice Mission (IJM) is a collection of lawyers, criminal investigators and trauma social workers who take on individual cases of abuse and oppression referred by ministries and relief and development workers serving amongst the poor. They bring to IJM cases of violence, slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of oppression. IJM then investigates these cases to bring about four things: rescue and relief for the victims; provision of aftercare to meet their broad and complicated needs; pursuit of justice for the perpetrators; and finally, structural prevention to keep the abuses from happening again.
The IJM mission is driven by a massive need in the world. The massive need is manifest in the suffering of those who are hurting not because they lack food, medicine, clothing or shelter – but because they have oppressors who abuse their power to take from the weak and the vulnerable the things that are rightfully theirs; namely their life, liberty, dignity or the fruits of their love and labour.
IJM takes on various types of casework around the world. One area of focus is that of combating sex trafficking. Traffickers sell the individuals to make a profit in what has become a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Sex trafficking often consists of the movement of persons across or within borders, but may not entail actual physical displacement. Trafficked women and girls are often tricked with the promise of a good job. Some are kidnapped and drugged, only to find upon waking that they are trapped in a brothel and forced to provide sex to customers. In some instances, these victims are sold by family members in order to pay medical bills or family debts. Though these abuses are against the local laws, corruption and lack of resources often leave these girls with nowhere to turn to for help.
IJM began operations in 1997 and has since established 14 operational field offices located in Bolivia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Kenya, the Philippines, Rwanda, South Asia, Thailand, Uganda and Zambia. The incredible suffering of those for whom the law is not enforced is often prevalent in poorer regions, where the lack of resources heightens the occurrence of injustice.
You can join IJM in the fight against injustice by being an agent of change. There are many outlets for people to make significant contributions to the fight against injustice. IJM recognises the potential of all people to be effective leaders in the fight for international human rights and aims to build a justice generation.
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