Sex Trafficking
The problem with human trafficking is that of course the victims are silenced - Monique Villa
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Resources
Here’s How Teens Are Starting To Talk About Sex Trafficking
Estimates of those being sex trafficked globally range between 12 million and 30 million. Educators and advocates want U.S. teens to know the problem could be very close to home.
Sex Trafficking and Prostitution — Big Business With Plenty of Victims
How is it that we don’t rally as a country to combat this? How is it that it barely gets our attention? Where are the headlines, the outrage, the campaigns to address this?
Sex Trafficking in the US: A Warrior’s Story
“I went from being a victim to a survivor to a warrior.” – Tika Thornton Tika Thornton spends her days mentoring girls who’ve been arrested, providing peer counseling to sex trafficking survivors and raising awareness about the modern form of slavery, guiding with her own story. And while the Journey Out crisis response case manager wouldn’t wish the traumas she endured on her worst enemy, she feels they have led to her life’s purpose.
Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door
Even as celebrity activists such as Emma Thompson, Demi Moore, and Mira Sorvino raise awareness about commercial sex trafficking, survivor Rachel Lloyd publishes her memoir Girls Like Us, and the Senate introduces a new bipartisan bill for victim support, the problem proliferates across continents, in casinos, on streets, and directly into your mobile device.
The Shocking Truth of Child Sex Trafficking
2 million children are victims of child sex trafficking each year across the globe. The number is staggering, and hard to believe. Yet, the numbers are true and society as a whole seems to look the other way.
When Sex Trafficking Goes Unnoticed in America
Many cases go unreported, making it a difficult crime for law enforcement personnel to spot.
Why Do We Lock Up Survivors of Sex Trafficking?
Jail or juvenile detention is no place for a victim of sex trafficking. Instead, survivors need services, housing, and real job and educational opportunities.
8 Tech Innovations That Would Counter Sex Trafficking
Through an extensive analysis of extant literature and interviews with 70 anti-trafficking stakeholders, 8 recommendations for action by the public and private sectors emerged; these include local, state, and federal government agencies, anti-human trafficking organizations, technology-based companies, and socially conscious corporations.
Pure Hope Foundation
Strengthen families and restore survivors of sex trafficking.
4Sarah
4Sarah is a faith based nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower change in the life direction of women and girls who are adult entertainers, prostitutes, escorts, porn stars, or victims of sex trafficking by offering a holistic approach as well as an educational, emotional, physical, and spiritual support.
FACESS
FACESS (Freeing American Children from Exploitation and Sexual Slavery) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the care of young girls who have been rescued from sex trafficking and slavery here in the United States. It is an unfortunate misconception that this is not a problem that occurs in the U.S. But the truth is that the victims of child-sex-trafficking are from every state and every walk of life.
Journey Out
Journey Out is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit leading the fight for the freedom and survival of all those whose lives have been destroyed by sex trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation.
Stolen Innocence
Stolen Innocence delves into a hidden world; the untold story of young women captured and forced into a life of sex slavery. Without a voice, without a choice, these girls are violently trafficked into the world's largest sex ring.
ZOE
End child trafficking with ZOE. We strive to reach every person with the love of God and rescue every child from human trafficking. Through our comprehensive prevention, intervention, and restoration programs, we’re able to transform each child from her past and give her an opportunity for a better future.
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