SEX-TRAFFICKING RESOURCES
View the latest ‘Trafficking in Persons Report’ from the U.S. Department of State.
Through the annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report), we assess comprehensively what governments around the world are doing to combat this crime. The TIP Report is an invaluable tool to arm ourselves with the latest information and guide our action at home and abroad. It helps us go beyond preconceived notions of what we think human trafficking is and better understand the complexities of this crime.
BOOKS
Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad
by Ann Hagedorn (Author)
Renting Lacy: A Story Of America’s Prostituted Children (A Call to Action)
by Linda Smith (Author),
Cindy Coloma (Collaborator)
Somebody’s Daughter: The Hidden Story of America’s Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them
by Julian Sher (Author)
The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today
by Kevin Bales (Author),
Ron Soodalter (Author)
To Plead Our Own Cause: Personal Stories by Today’s Slaves
by Kevin Bales (Editor),
Zoe Trodd (Editor)
Where am I Wearing?: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes
by Kelsey Timmerman (Author)
FILMS
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
Benjamin Nolot – Director, Producer, Writer
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls is a hard-hitting documentary that exposes the disturbing trends of modern day sex slavery. From the first scene, Nefarious gives an in-depth look at the human trafficking industry, showing where slaves are sold (often in developed, affluent countries), where they work, and where they are confined. With footage shot in over nineteen different countries, Nefarious exposes the nightmare of sex slavery as experienced by hundreds of thousands daily, through the eyes of both the enslaved and their traffickers. Nefarious features expert analysis from international humanitarian leaders, and captures the gripping and triumphant testimonies of survivors in order to galvanize hope and vision.
Not My Life
directed by ROBERT BILHEIMER, narrated by GLENN CLOSE
Not My Life comprehensively depicts the cruel and dehumanizing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale.
Filmed on five continents, in a dozen countries, Not My Life takes viewers into a world where millions of children are exploited through an astonishing array of practices including forced labor, sex tourism, sexual exploitation, and child soldiering.
The Price of Sex: An Investigation of Sex Trafficking
A documentary film by Mimi Chakarova
The Price of Sex is a feature-length documentary about young Eastern European women who’ve been drawn into a netherworld of sex trafficking and abuse. Intimate, harrowing and revealing, it is a story told by the young women who were supposed to be silenced by shame, fear and violence. Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova, who grew up in Bulgaria, takes us on a personal investigative journey, exposing the shadowy world of sex trafficking from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Western Europe. Filming undercover and gaining extraordinary access, Chakarova illuminates how even though some women escape to tell their stories, sex trafficking thrives.
What I’ve Been Through is Not Who I Am
a documentary by ECPAT-USA and WITNESS
This documentary brings together a diverse set of experts from juvenile justice, law enforcement, advocates, and services providers to speak about the traumatic effects of commercial sexual exploitation of children. Katrina, a survivor of trafficking, and experts in the field provide a glimpse of a cycle of violence and a broken system. Katrina challenges us to see survivors in terms of their humanity, value and potential―not their past. Once we see exploited children in these terms, we realize our response to their trauma is in critical need of reform.
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