Break the Chain Campaign, Washington DC, USA
From the Global Women's Network
| Break the Chain Campaign, Washington DC, USA | |
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| Street address: | Break the Chain Campaign
Institute for Policy Studies 1112 16th Street, Suite 600 |
| City: | Washington DC |
| Country: | United States |
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| Location coordinates: | 38° 53' 60" N, 77° 1' 48" WLatitude: 38.9 Longitude: -77.03 |
| Executive Director: | Tiffany Williams |
| Contact number: | (202) 787-5245 |
| Contact email: | tiffany@ips-dc.org |
| Website: | http://www.breakthechaincampaigndc.org |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/#!/breakthechainDC |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/breakthechaincampaigndc |
| Target: | Girls and Women |
| Organization type: | National NGO (operating countrywide or advocating at the national level) |
| Sectors: | Gender Discrimination, Immigration/Migration, Labor Rights, Trafficking, Violence Against Women |
| Year founded/registered: | 1997 |
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Summary
Fighting for justice and respect for domestic workers in the US and around the world! BTCC is a project of the Institute for Policy Studies.
About
Break the Chain Campaign is a project of the Institutue for Policy Studies, the oldest progressive think-tank in Washington D.C. For the past decade, they have provided direct services for victims of forced labor and they currently do advocacy work for domestic workers' rights and human trafficking.
Mission: Break the Chain Campaign seeks to prevent and address the effects of the exploitation and abuse of migrant working women through survivor driven advocacy, outreach, and technical support.
Activities
Services
- Referral-based access to culturally competent legal and social services for domestic workers who are survivors of human trafficking worker exploitation in the Washington DC area.
- Assistance in connecting with national and international migrant worker rights networks, membership organizations, and direct social/legal services.
Research and Advocacy
- Working on the policy committee of the Freedom Network USA, we help develop the Network's legislative agenda on issues of human trafficking in the United States, including socio-legal services, NGO funding, and government oversight.
- As part of an informal network of NGO's in the DC area, we are privileged to meet regularly with the Department of State to help them implement the "on the ground" provisions of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
- Operating from awareness that human trafficking is only the end point on a continuum of exploitation in the domestic worker industry, we have partnered with the National Domestic Workers Alliance to provide policy support for campaigns for domestic worker rights and economic justice.
- As part of the Inter-Alliance Dialogue and the Excluded Workers Congress, we work with partners like labor unions, farmworkers, day laborers, restaurant workers, and formerly incarcerated workers, among others, to organize and advocate for the rights of all workers in the United States, especially those who, like domestic workers, are also excluded from many basic labor protections.
National and International Training
- BTCC provides preventative and restorative training and training tools nationally and internationally to address the specific needs of the community facing issues of human trafficking and migrant worker exploitation. As one of the lead organizations of the Freedom Network Training Institute, BTCC provides in-depth training to law enforcement, businesses, public health providers, NGO's, and community organizations.
Community Outreach
- Alert communities (employers, students, religious community members and neighbors) are our key weapons for the identification of exploited migrant workers and the prevention of prolonged abuse. As a key organization in the DC Task Force on Trafficking in Persons, BTCC provides comprehensive informational presentations and materials through the Task Force' Outreach Committee. Through their programs, BTCC can educate your community about trafficking and migrant worker exploitation so you can be proactive and know how to respond.
Needs
You can donate online to help support BTCC.
