Advocating Opportunity (AO)

Written on 30 March 2021.

AO logo Advocating Opportunity (AO) provides direct holistic legal services, support, and advocacy for trafficked and exploited persons based on a trauma-responsive, legal, and human rights-based framework.

Providing direct legal services through on-staff attorneys and social support through legal advocates provides support to clients who want to use their voice in the judicial system, and in their community, by levelling the playing field and creating an opportunity to choose their life’s course on their own terms.

AO works to end human trafficking and labour exploitation by addressing the root causes of systemic vulnerabilities which significantly contribute to human trafficking in marginalised communities, in particular. This work is achieved thorough both individual advocacy and policy initiatives to eliminate racism, oppression, poverty, and to dismantle other systemic issues which vulnerabilities in our clients.

Contact Details:
Address: 1119 Adams St., Toledo, Ohio 43604
Tel/Fax: +1 855 855 1945
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: advocatingopportunity.com

Human Trafficking Legal Center

Written on 14 November 2017.

human trafficking notagx135 The Human Trafficking Legal Center (HT Legal Center) uses a rights-based approach to fight for justice for trafficking victims. HT Legal Center trains pro bono attorneys to represent trafficking victims in the United States. It makes referrals on case-by-case basis, providing mentoring and extensive technical assistance for complex civil, immigration and criminal cases. HT Legal Center attorneys monitor the developing case law, focusing on impact litigation in the federal courts. The Center also conducts research and maintains a comprehensive database on federal civil and criminal trafficking cases.

Contact Details:
Address: 1030 15th St. NW, Suite 104B, Washington, DC 20005, United States of America
Tel: +1 202 854 9851
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: htlegalcenter.org

Brigada Callejera

Written on 27 February 2013.

LOGOTIPO _BRIGADA_CALLEJERA_A_COLOR Brigada Callejera (Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer “Elisa Martínez”) is a non-governmental organisation that has been working with sex workers in Mexico since 1995. Brigada offers education and many other services to help sex workers find dignity in their work, and develop the skills to find other work. Brigada specialises in the defence of human rights and labour rights of sex workers.

Brigada Callejera helps sex workers form cooperatives and gain access to medical care, while distributing condoms and working to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Brigada also has a "board" (patronage) and "outside counsel" made up of specialists in health, public policy and journalism. One of its objectives is to promote community mobilisation of sex workers, its customers and partners against trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Contact Details:
Address: Calle Corregidora 115-204, Col. Zona Centro, del. Venustiano Carranza, Distrito Federal, México 15100
Tel: +52 55 55427835
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: http://www.brigadaac.mayfirst.org
Facebook: facebook.com/brigadacallejera

Safe Horizon

Written on 03 August 2010.

Safe Horizon is the nation’s leading victim assistance organization and serves over 350,000 people each year who have been touched by violence. Safe Horizon’s mission is to provide support, prevent violence, and promote justice for victims of crime and abuse, their families and communities. The Anti-Trafficking Program was established in 2001, to serve trafficked persons in the New York City metropolitan area and is one of the country’s largest providers to survivors of human trafficking. The Anti-Trafficking Program works to provide direct services such as shelter or housing referrals, crisis counseling, and legal assistance to trafficking victims. It also provides national training and community outreach, and operates the New York City Service Network for Trafficked Persons.

The Anti-Trafficking Program utilizes an intensive case management approach in providing direct services to trafficked persons. The Program regularly receives referrals from Federal law enforcement agencies, and service providers to coordinate and provide direct services.

Contact Details:

Address: 50 Court Street, Ste 811, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Tel: +1 718 943 8649; +1 718 943 8644
Fax: +1 718 943 8653
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: safehorizon.org

GAATW-CANADA

Written on 10 March 2009.

GAATW-Canada was launched in September 1996 to address human trafficking issues and to network with women’s organisations locally and globally. Its aim is not to stop the migration of women, but to safeguard and promote the human rights of women who migrate and who are trafficked. GAATW Canada is a non-profit, activist based organisation working for social change.

Contact Details
Contact Person: Annalee Lepp
Address: GAATW Canada, 212-1149 Rockland Avenue, Victoria Canada V8V 4T5
Tel: +1 250-721-6157
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: https://gaatw.ca