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CATW is an abolitionist non-profit organization that works to end human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of women and girls worldwide.
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🚨Our new report is here! 🚨
Failed Promises: The History of Legal Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Failed Promises: The History of Legal Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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While we must stop to celebrate the strides we have made to expand and protect the rights of women and girls around the world, we must also reflect on the work that still needs to be done.
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
While we must stop to celebrate the strides we have made to expand and protect the rights of women and girls around the world, we must also reflect on the work that still needs to be done.
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Los Angeles is home to one of the most notorious sex-trafficking corridors in the U.S. Our reporter embedded with investigators and interviewed dozens of victims, experts, aid workers and officials to understand the crisis. nyti.ms/47GDB3I
October 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Los Angeles is home to one of the most notorious sex-trafficking corridors in the U.S. Our reporter embedded with investigators and interviewed dozens of victims, experts, aid workers and officials to understand the crisis. nyti.ms/47GDB3I
During WWII, Imperial Japan trafficked women from around Asia to war-time brothels known as ‘comfort stations’ - the women within them were euphemistically called ‘comfort women’.
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
During WWII, Imperial Japan trafficked women from around Asia to war-time brothels known as ‘comfort stations’ - the women within them were euphemistically called ‘comfort women’.
Today is #UnitedNationsDay, a day to commemorate the founding of the #UN, now 80 years old.
As one of the most impactful international organizations, the UN has been instrumental in the fight against trafficking.
As one of the most impactful international organizations, the UN has been instrumental in the fight against trafficking.
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today is #UnitedNationsDay, a day to commemorate the founding of the #UN, now 80 years old.
As one of the most impactful international organizations, the UN has been instrumental in the fight against trafficking.
As one of the most impactful international organizations, the UN has been instrumental in the fight against trafficking.
The fight to prevent and one day eliminate human trafficking must continue, with fervor and resilience.
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The fight to prevent and one day eliminate human trafficking must continue, with fervor and resilience.
Human trafficking has at least 4 distinct forms of exploitations:
➡️ exploitation of the prostitution of others and other forms of sexual exploitation
➡️ forced labor or services
➡️ slavery, practices similar to slavery and servitude
➡️ the removal of organs
➡️ exploitation of the prostitution of others and other forms of sexual exploitation
➡️ forced labor or services
➡️ slavery, practices similar to slavery and servitude
➡️ the removal of organs
October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Human trafficking has at least 4 distinct forms of exploitations:
➡️ exploitation of the prostitution of others and other forms of sexual exploitation
➡️ forced labor or services
➡️ slavery, practices similar to slavery and servitude
➡️ the removal of organs
➡️ exploitation of the prostitution of others and other forms of sexual exploitation
➡️ forced labor or services
➡️ slavery, practices similar to slavery and servitude
➡️ the removal of organs
With the recent cuts to the United States’ Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office), national and global efforts to prevent and end #sextrafficking are at risk, and sex trade #survivors will lose essential services.
October 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
With the recent cuts to the United States’ Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office), national and global efforts to prevent and end #sextrafficking are at risk, and sex trade #survivors will lose essential services.
In August of every year, we commemorate the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, which marks the 1791 uprising in Haiti that played a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
October 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In August of every year, we commemorate the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, which marks the 1791 uprising in Haiti that played a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
We must invest in policies & actions that protect every woman and girl from all forms of sexual exploitation and trafficking and help her reach her full potential.
Join us in this fight today.
Join us in this fight today.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We must invest in policies & actions that protect every woman and girl from all forms of sexual exploitation and trafficking and help her reach her full potential.
Join us in this fight today.
Join us in this fight today.
Make sure you don’t miss our report on the history of legal prostitution and sex trafficking in the Netherlands!
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September 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Make sure you don’t miss our report on the history of legal prostitution and sex trafficking in the Netherlands!
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What is the human cost behind the cobalt powering your laptop, phone, and electric vehicles? In Cobalt Red, author Siddharth Kara sheds light on exploitation and human rights violations rampant in the mineral’s supply chain, and the effects of that illicit activity on the DRC.
September 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What is the human cost behind the cobalt powering your laptop, phone, and electric vehicles? In Cobalt Red, author Siddharth Kara sheds light on exploitation and human rights violations rampant in the mineral’s supply chain, and the effects of that illicit activity on the DRC.
With the recent cuts to the United States’ Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office), national and global effort to prevent and end #sextrafficking are at risk, and #sextrade survivors will lose essential services.
September 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
With the recent cuts to the United States’ Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office), national and global effort to prevent and end #sextrafficking are at risk, and #sextrade survivors will lose essential services.
Earlier this year, Rights4Girls published a critical new report “Buyers Unmasked: Exposing the Men Who Buy Sex & Solutions to End Exploitation.”
Buyers Unmasked: Exposing the Men Who Buy Sex & Solutions to End Exploitation - Rights4Girls
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September 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Earlier this year, Rights4Girls published a critical new report “Buyers Unmasked: Exposing the Men Who Buy Sex & Solutions to End Exploitation.”
As we celebrate the strides we have made to expand and protect the rights of women & girls around the world, we must also reflect on the work that still needs to be done to ensure all women are able to live their lives to the fullest.
September 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As we celebrate the strides we have made to expand and protect the rights of women & girls around the world, we must also reflect on the work that still needs to be done to ensure all women are able to live their lives to the fullest.
Happy #InternationalLiteracyDay!
What better way to celebrate today than by diving into a good book? Here are some of our top recommendations:
What better way to celebrate today than by diving into a good book? Here are some of our top recommendations:
September 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Happy #InternationalLiteracyDay!
What better way to celebrate today than by diving into a good book? Here are some of our top recommendations:
What better way to celebrate today than by diving into a good book? Here are some of our top recommendations:
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"There is NO such thing as 'CHILD PROSTITUTES'.
That term implies agency, choice. Those CHILDREN were RAPED, VIOLATED, ABUSED. Do not let anyone get away with implying or pretending otherwise."
niyad at DemocraticUnderground
That term implies agency, choice. Those CHILDREN were RAPED, VIOLATED, ABUSED. Do not let anyone get away with implying or pretending otherwise."
niyad at DemocraticUnderground
September 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"There is NO such thing as 'CHILD PROSTITUTES'.
That term implies agency, choice. Those CHILDREN were RAPED, VIOLATED, ABUSED. Do not let anyone get away with implying or pretending otherwise."
niyad at DemocraticUnderground
That term implies agency, choice. Those CHILDREN were RAPED, VIOLATED, ABUSED. Do not let anyone get away with implying or pretending otherwise."
niyad at DemocraticUnderground
Let us continue the work of creating a future that prioritizes girls’ empowerment, education, security & wellbeing.
Every girl deserves to live free from sexual violence & exploitation, and to grow up to realize her full potential.
Every girl deserves to live free from sexual violence & exploitation, and to grow up to realize her full potential.
September 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Let us continue the work of creating a future that prioritizes girls’ empowerment, education, security & wellbeing.
Every girl deserves to live free from sexual violence & exploitation, and to grow up to realize her full potential.
Every girl deserves to live free from sexual violence & exploitation, and to grow up to realize her full potential.
“Prostitution is… an economic consequence of having land stolen, and a culture systematically stripped.” - Cheryl Nelson Butler
September 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Prostitution is… an economic consequence of having land stolen, and a culture systematically stripped.” - Cheryl Nelson Butler
The work to safeguard human rights is urgent and necessary on both global and local scales. We continue this work every day through our advocacy – join us today!
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Ending Human Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation – CATW
CATW works to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Our vision: a world where no woman or girls is bought or sold.
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September 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The work to safeguard human rights is urgent and necessary on both global and local scales. We continue this work every day through our advocacy – join us today!
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#Humantrafficking is a crime that can affect any and all people, though certain factors, including gender, race, sexuality, socioeconomic status, access to education, having a physical or cognitive disability can result in an individual or group being more vulnerable to be trafficked.
August 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#Humantrafficking is a crime that can affect any and all people, though certain factors, including gender, race, sexuality, socioeconomic status, access to education, having a physical or cognitive disability can result in an individual or group being more vulnerable to be trafficked.
Through an increased understanding of human trafficking, including specific vulnerabilities to trafficking, the tactics of the perpetrators, and how to best support survivors, we can continue to make strides in preventing the exploitation of countless individuals.
August 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Through an increased understanding of human trafficking, including specific vulnerabilities to trafficking, the tactics of the perpetrators, and how to best support survivors, we can continue to make strides in preventing the exploitation of countless individuals.
There are three key things that we focus on to create a world in which no woman or girl is ever bought, sold or exploited again:
1️⃣ strong laws and policies
2️⃣ public advocacy
3️⃣ supporting survivor leadership
1️⃣ strong laws and policies
2️⃣ public advocacy
3️⃣ supporting survivor leadership
August 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
There are three key things that we focus on to create a world in which no woman or girl is ever bought, sold or exploited again:
1️⃣ strong laws and policies
2️⃣ public advocacy
3️⃣ supporting survivor leadership
1️⃣ strong laws and policies
2️⃣ public advocacy
3️⃣ supporting survivor leadership
Early this year, Rights4GIrls published a new report “Buyers Unmasked: Exposing the Men Who Buy Sex & Solutions to End Exploitation”.
The report seeks to shine a light on a consistently overlooked dimension of commercial sexual exploitation: the sex buyers who fuel this destructive system.
The report seeks to shine a light on a consistently overlooked dimension of commercial sexual exploitation: the sex buyers who fuel this destructive system.
August 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Early this year, Rights4GIrls published a new report “Buyers Unmasked: Exposing the Men Who Buy Sex & Solutions to End Exploitation”.
The report seeks to shine a light on a consistently overlooked dimension of commercial sexual exploitation: the sex buyers who fuel this destructive system.
The report seeks to shine a light on a consistently overlooked dimension of commercial sexual exploitation: the sex buyers who fuel this destructive system.
It is critical that we continue to focus our efforts on protecting the rights of Black women & girls, a demographic that represents a disproportionately large percentage of those sex trafficked within the United States.
August 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It is critical that we continue to focus our efforts on protecting the rights of Black women & girls, a demographic that represents a disproportionately large percentage of those sex trafficked within the United States.