The Children We Miss: Who Gets Overlooked in Human Trafficking

Unsilenced with Blanket Fort Hope · Nov 4, 2026 · 36m · transcript

When we picture a child trafficking survivor, who do we see? And more importantly, who are we missing? For too long, the systems designed to identify and serve survivors have been shaped by a limited picture of what a trafficking victim looks like. But exploitation does not fit one age, gender, race, or background. In this episode of Unsilenced, Alexa James and Kim Mashego confront the gaps in our response to child trafficking and the children who too often go unseen. Boys who are treated as perpetrators instead of victims. Children whose experiences are overlooked because of racial bias…