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A Matter of Spirit
Resources On Human Trafficking
Government
- U.S. Dept. of State, Office
to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons
www.state.gov/g/tip
Coordinates U.S. government’s anti-trafficking efforts and writes an annual report on the state of trafficking worldwide. - Washington State Task Force
on Trafficking in Persons
www.ocva.wa.gov/trafficking_final_report.htm
Convened in 2002 to identify and coordinate services and to victims of trafficking. - U.S. Government brochures explaining new rights and services for trafficking victims: www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/wetf/victimsbrochure.pdf www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/wetf/trafficbrochure.pdf
- Department of Justice Toll-free Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Complaint Line: 1-888-428-7581.
Groups Working Against Trafficking
- Anti-Slavery International
www.antislavery.org
Founded in 1839, the world’s oldest international human rights organization. - Free the Slaves
www.freetheslaves.net
Leads efforts against slavery around the world. Website posts a free downloadable Education Pack with lesson plans. - The Protection Project
www.protectionproject.org
A human rights research institute. - End Child Prostitution
in Asian Tourism
www.ecpatusa.org
A network of organizations working against child sex tourism and trafficking in children. - Coalition Against Trafficking
in Women
www.catwinternational.org
Works internationally to combat sexual exploitation. - Miramed Institute
www.miramedinstitute.org
Works to protect women’s health and human rights in Russia. - International Organization
for Migration
www.iom.int
Works to protect migrants’ rights and to prevent trafficking in persons. - UNANIMA International
www.unanima-international.org
A Faith-based NGO focusing on violence against women, particularly through trafficking. The coalition consists of eight congregations of women religious ministering on all continents. - Shared Hope International
www.sharedhope.org
Focuses on rescuing and restoring women and children in crisis and eradicating sex trafficking and slavery. Headquartered in Vancouver, WA.
Videos (All are available on loan from IPJC)
- The Day My God Died
A 70-minute documentary about young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex trade in Nepal and India. $30 from Andrew Levine Productions.
www.thedaymygoddied.com - Sisters and Daughters
Betrayed
$25 from the Global Fund for Women.
www.globalfundforwomen.org - So Deep a Violence,
Prostitution, Trafficking & The Global Sex Industry
$29.95 from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. www.catwinternational.org
Print Materials
- Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild, eds. Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy. 2003
- Andrew Cockburn. “21st Century Slaves,” National Geographic Magazine, Sept. 2003.
- JPIC Commission of the Unions of Superiors General USG/UISG. Trafficking in Women and Children: Information and Worship Kit. Rome, 2003. Phone: 06-66-22-929. Email: jpic@mclink.it
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