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Non-Governmental Organizations
Anti-Slavery International
www.antislavery.org
London-based NGO, founded on 13 April 1839 by Thomas Clarkson and other
abolitionists. The website features information on: bonded labor; trafficking; child
domestic work; forced labor; child labor; and modern slavery generally. The organization
also hosts an Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group in the UK, which assesses the UK‘s
performance in fulfilling its obligations to combat trafficking as per Chapter II of the
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
Additionally, Anti-Slavery International has launched an education program in Nepal to
protect children from becoming bonded laborers. More broadly, the organization
conducts awareness-raising campaigns, lobbying lawmakers, hosting informational talks
and workshops, convening public meetings, and providing informational pamphlets and
flyers at events. Their global campaigns include: Slavery-free London; chocolate
campaign; cotton crimes campaign; home alone campaign; and their successful
trafficking campaign. The website features an extensive list of resources for further
information and action: Reports and publications; a library on contemporary and
historical slavery resources; exhibitions for events; information on the trans-Atlantic
slave trade; educational resources; news magazines; anti-slavery videos; briefing papers;
and campaign resources. They also feature an International Human Trafficking
Organizations Directory:
http://www.antislavery.org/includes/documents/cm_docs/2009/d/dstrafficking1.PDF
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International
www.catwinternational.org
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women-International focuses specifically on
combating sexual exploitation and trafficking of women and girls and was founded in
1988. One of its primary approaches is to target demand for commercial sex by exploring
the relationship between prostitution and trafficking and shifting societal acceptance of
sex as an industry. The CATW network coordinates individuals and groups in regions
worldwide, targeting ―prostitution, pornography, sex tourism, and mail order bride
selling.‖ It works with governments and international officials and seeks to educate
children and to train ―teachers, professionals, police, governmental authorities and the
public about the harm of sexual exploitation and ways to resist and combat it.‖ CATW
advocates the decriminalization of women in the prostitution business in favor of
targeting the purchasers of sexual services as well as ―pimps, procurers and traffickers.‖
The website features an extensive library of articles, best practices, reports, legislation,
international agreements, and other materials pertaining to human trafficking. They also
host a Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation, which is a collection of ―facts, statistics
and known cases on global sexual exploitation.‖
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