Laura Lederer, J.D., is a Subject Matter Expert on Human Trafficking. She is the former Senior Advisor on Trafficking in Persons for the U.S. Department of State, and has worked with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on specialized trainings on human trafficking. She is the author of The Health Consequences of Human Trafficking, 2014, Loyola University and most recently, Modern Slavery: A Documentary and Reference Guide, published by Greenwood Press in 2018.
A Thompson Reuters survey recently claimed that the United States is one of the ten most dangerous places in the world to be a woman. The headline grabber reveals a lack of seriousness about the problem. Worse, it may hurt…