Additional Equality Now partners working with survivors of sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation:
- Embrace Dignity [1] – South Africa
- GEMS [2] – US
- Maiti Nepal [3] – Nepal
- The Resource Center for Women “Marta” [4] – Latvia
- Movimiento El Pozo – Peru
- Tasintha Programme – Zambia
Fact Sheets:
- What is the ‘Nordic Model’? [5]
Published: December 2012. Format: pdf, 76.44KB. 2 pages. - Does Legalizing Prostitution Protect Women and Girls? Findings from countries and states where prostitution is legal [6]
Published: December 2012. Format: pdf, 77.86KB. 3 pages. - Global Sex Trafficking Fact Sheet [7]
Published: August 2011. (Updated March 2013) Format: pdf, 224KB. 2 pages.
Recommended Reading:
- "Why the game’s up for Sweden's sex trade [8]" Sweden's innovative sex-trade laws criminalise clients, not prostitutes. The result: a 70 per cent drop in business.
The Independent, March 2013, Joan Smith - "Global Sex Trafficking & the Guy Next Door - The Need To End Demand [9]"
Huffington Post, January 2013, Lauren Hersh, New York Office Director, Equality Now - "New research shows violence decreases under Nordic model: Why the radio silence? [10]"
Feminist Current, January 2013, Samantha Berg - "Government under pressure to review prostitution laws in England and Wales [11]"
The Guardian, December 2012, Jacqui Hunt, London Office Director, Equality Now - "Ending Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: The Global Movement Towards Gender Equality [12]"
Huffington Post UK, December 2012, Jacqui Hunt, London Office Director, Equality Now - Survivors Connect Network [13]
A composite of writings and referrals to blog posts written by survivors of prostitution and sex trafficking
[14] - The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine [14]
Somaly Mam, Founder, Somaly Mam Foundation - Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself [15]
Rachel Lloyd, Founder, GEMS: Girls Educational & Mentoring Services - Sex & World Peace [16]
Valerie M. Hudson, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Mary Caprioli & Chad F. Emmett