Educational
Resources
(Updated
9/17/03)
Coalition
Against Trafficking in Women
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/catw/philos.htm
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is a feminist human rights
nongovernmental organization that works internationally to oppose all
forms of sexual exploitation.
Mission: To promote a world in which women's rights are human rights,
where prostitution and sex trafficking do not exist;
where women are free and equal in dignity and rights; where no woman
is sexually exploited; that recognizes and values the great genius of
women in the development of civilization and cultures; where women have
sexual integrity and autonomy
GABRIELA
Network, USA
http://www.gabnet.org
San
Francisco CA
email: sfbayarea@gabnet.org
phone: 415.251.0973
Los Angeles
email: aenrile@ucla.edu
phone: 213.307.3696
New York
email: gabnet@gabnet.org
phone: 212.592.3507
We
are a US based multi-racial, multi-ethnic
women's solidarity organization. We work
with GABRIELA Philippines, an alliance of
110 women's organizations, institutions and
centers. We work on issues which impact on
the women and children of the Philippines,
but which have their roots in the decisions
made in the United States. Our organizational
objectives are as follows:
- To
create and strengthen understanding between
the women of the Philippines and the
women of the United States;
- To
inform and educate people of the United
States on the impact of global and US
policy decisions on women of the Philippines;
- To
consolidate, support and organize women
for the solidarity with GABRIELA Philippines;
- To
serve as a matrix within which women
of all colors and races can work together
on specific issues common or related
to both the United States and the Philippines.
Prostitution
Awareness and Action Foundation of Edmonton
(PAAFE)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Main PO Box 11471, Edmonton, AB T5J 3K6
Phone 780-479-4205
Mission: Long-term solutions to the complex issues central to prostitution.
Services: PAAFE works with existing agencies to provide support to those
in need of outreach services, transitional housing and connection to
community resources. Community awareness promoted through initiatives,
education, and fund disbursement.
Prostitution
Research and Education (PRE)
San Francisco California
http://www.prostitutionresearch.com
415-922-4555
PRE develops research and educational programs to document the experiences
of people in prostitution. The purpose of Prostitution Research & education
is to organize against the institution of prostitution and advocate for
alternatives to prostitution - including emotional and physical healthcare
for women in prostitution. a purpose of pre is to reflect the voices
of one of the world's most disenfranchised groups: prostituted women
and children. the project's goal is to empower this constituency by documenting
their perspectives through research, public education, and arts projects.
We develop innovative approaches to educating the public about the issue
of prostitution - including how prostitution is an issue of women's rights,
how prostitution is about racism, and the ways in which prostitution
is also about poverty and basic human rights. International, and US components
of the research and facts about prostitution are at the PRE website.
Resources
for Anti-Violence Networks (RAVN)
PO Box 2508 * Richmond, VA 23218 USA
phone (888) 957-4545 fax: (804) 918-0903
info@antiviolence.org
http://www.antiviolence.org
Mission: provide support to those whose needs often go unmet within the
mainstream of social services and feminist shelter services, for example:
battered lesbians, trafficked women, and battered disabled women.
Services: advocacy, transportation/ logistics assistance, training and
consultation to organizations working against abuse and systems of oppression.
Compiled
by Melissa Farley, Prostitution Research & Education.
See http://www.prostitutionresearch.com for
further updates.
If
you would like your agency listed, please
include name of organization, contact information,
mission, and services offered. Send to mfarley@prostitutionresearch.com
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