by Guardian Group | May 15, 2023 | Sex Trafficking
Eighty-eight percent of sex trafficking survivors report accessing healthcare services while being trafficked while only 6% of healthcare professionals report treating a human trafficking victim [1]. Understanding a handful of basic indicators will help you as a...
by Guardian Group | Nov 1, 2021 | Guardian Group Impact
She thought she was meeting her prince charming. She thought he loved her. She thought that she was going to get her happily ever after. She was 16. He knew she was vulnerable. He knew he could use his words and promises to control and manipulate her. He knew he was...
by Guardian Group | Jul 20, 2020 | Guardian Group Impact
Once you learn that children are being sold for sex you can never unhear that information. So often when people hear something like this, they feel motivated and called to do something to help stop these predators and protect children. However, it can feel...
by Guardian Group | Dec 5, 2019 | Guardian Group In the News: Read
St. Charles Health System is taking a proactive approach to combating human trafficking. Through a partnership with local nonprofit Guardian Group, the health system has started providing human trafficking recognition and response training to its caregivers. Read full...
by Guardian Group | Dec 2, 2019 | Sex Trafficking
It was much too early on a Thursday morning to be required to sit through another training. Melinda was a nurse at a rural town’s Emergency Department (ED), she had been there for 10 years and these in-service trainings always seemed like a bit of a waste of time,...
