as an analyst in my project‚ I would be given the manager position for the OTC team. Thinking that it would be a great opportunity to hone my team leadership skills‚ I accepted. The OTC or the Offshore Test Centre was a team of consultants from Polaris who were working for JP Morgan. The team comprised of 4 people from Mumbai and 3 people from Hyderabad‚ in India‚ 1 person in London‚ UK and 2 people in North America. I was situated in Singapore. When‚ I officially took over‚ I was made aware of
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so that everyone was included with no discrimination to race. Children of both genders were also recognized as victims of trafficking. On February 14‚ 2002‚ the Polaris Project was founded by Katherine Chon and Derek Ellerman. After learning about the issue‚ they began to envision a society where modern day slavery is eliminated. The Polaris Project has become a leading non-profit organization‚ working to stop human trafficking. Today‚ President Obama declared January to be Human Trafficking Awareness
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Export-oriented small and mid-tier IT companies were able to weather the storm of rapid appreciation in the rupee against the in 2007 and early 2008‚ but now they are faced with the stark reality of dwindling orders as the global financial crisis continues to cause a meltdown across countries and industries‚ the IT & ITeS sector in India is beginning to feel the heat. Amid fears of a global recession‚ companies‚ especially banks‚ worst-hit by the credit crisis have already started to cut or delay
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running our streets. Portland is considered high to moderate for human trafficking in a report by the Polaris Project (3) ‚ the study looked at numbers from 2007-2013‚ in the 72.89% of all the human trafficking in Oregon was sex trafficking‚ and 36% of them were minors. The numbers are sickening to say the least. We are coming to a place of progress‚ awareness‚ understanding‚ and healing. The Polaris Project‚ for a world without slavery‚ helps all victims of human trafficking and modern day slavery
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It “was a refinement of previous models developed by Greek astronomers” (Polaris Project‚ 2001) and forever changed the world of astronomy for the better. Though his theory was not correct many of his other observations were well explained. Ptolemy did not only just grasp the singular concept that the Earth was the center of the
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foundation for the problem as a whole. A review of the Comprehensive Human Trafficking Victim Questionnaire provided by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center reveals no questions related to the prior drug use of the victims being interviewed (Polaris Project‚ 2014). This questionnaire is intended to be used by those working with victims shortly after their extrication from the hands of the captors. Therefore it is probably not appropriate for the addition of such background questions which would
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Ariel Bosselaar Professor Gabriele Gottlieb Hst. 300: Writing History December 15‚ 2011 Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade VS. Human Trafficking Although slavery may have legally ended in 1865 with the end of the Civil War‚ it continues to be a problem worldwide today. “The UN International Labor Organization (ILO) calculates the minimum number of people in forced labor at 12.3 million‚ while research by Free the Slaves‚ a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in the United Sates‚ puts the
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Introduction Story Karla Jacinto is sitting in a serene garden. She looks at the ordinary sights of flowers and can hear people beyond the garden walls‚ walking and talking in Mexico City. She looks straight into my eyes‚ her voice cracking slightly‚ as she tells me the number she wants me to remember -- 43‚200.By her own estimate‚ 43‚200 is the number of times she was raped after falling into the hands of human traffickers. She says up to 30 men a day‚ seven days a week‚ for the best part of four
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the world. However‚ this kind of activity also happens in industrialized countries. According to the department of state of the United States of America government‚ human trafficking also happens inside the walls of United States. As claimed by the Polaris Project‚ “an estimated 17‚500 foreign nationals are trafficked annually in the United States alone. The number of US citizens trafficked within the country is even higher. An estimated 200‚000 american children are at high risk of trafficking into
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slaves who followed Polaris to Canada found assistance from protesters of slavery (conductors). In the UGRR‚ this is when the lyrics of spirituals was the technique used to convey coded messages between slaves. Two types of spirituals used in this system were signal and map songs. Signal songs communicated an event about to occur like an escape. A map song directed slaves towards the North. One famous map song was “Follow the Drinking Gourd” which told slaves to follow Polaris. Other spirituals in
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