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Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women

Human Rights
at home, abroad and on the way...

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Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women

Human Rights
at home, abroad and on the way...

Assuming sex is required, and work is required, the following results were found.


SWAN: Outreach Programs for Migrant Sex Workers

Although selling of sex is legal in Canada, virtually every related activity is criminalized making it unsafe and jeopardizing health and safety of sex workers, not to mention the violation of their human rights. SWAN Vancouver Society has been working...

Response to UN Women's consultation on sex work

Dear UN Women, Thank you for the opportunity to submit a contribution to your ‘Consultation seeking views on UN Women approach to sex work, the sex trade and prostitution’. This submission is made by the International Secretariat of the Global Alliance...

Meet Our Members: Sex Workers Project

The Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center is a GAATW member in the United States. In November 2022, Borislav Gerasimov from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with Mariah Grant, Research and Advocacy Director, to learn more about...

Sex workers can tell you why sex work is work. Speak to them.

Borislav Gerasimov, 21 January 2020 A slightly modified version of this blog first appeared on Beyond Trafficking and Slavery The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) was founded in 1994 by a group of feminists and women’s rights advocates...

GAATW-IS statement on Amnesty International’s policy on sex work

Versión en español 28 May 2016 The International Secretariat of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women welcomes Amnesty International’s ‘Policy on State Obligations to Respect, Protect and Fulfil the Human Rights of Sex Workers’, developed after...

Sex Work, Migration, Exploitation and Trafficking

Sex workers globally organise, unionise and develop and share initiatives to protect themselves and their peers from violence, exploitation and human rights violations. Many sex workers’ organisations also play a vital role in preventing children from...

Sex Work and Racism

In April, the European Sex Workers Rights Alliance (ESWA) published Sex Work & Racism: Historical Overview of Racism in Anti-Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Immigration Legislation in Europe, a community report that offers a historical overview of...

Meet Our Members - Women's Initiatives

Women’s Initiatives (WINS) is a member of GAATW in Southern India. In November 2022, GAATW spoke to Meera Raghavendra, founder of WINS, to learn more about the history and current work of the organization.

No. 12 Special Issue - Sex Work

Over the past two decades there has been a growing body of academic and community-based literature on sex workers’ lives and work. However, the discourses, laws, and policies that impact sex workers are continually changing, and critical perspectives...

E-Bulletin January 2016 - News from our Member Organisations

The Hidden Harms of Anti-Trafficking On 15 October, SWAN Vancouver held a forum, entitled ‘The Hidden Harms of Anti-Trafficking’, which brought together representatives of law enforcement, funders, advocates, social assistance providers and members of...