Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Artist Mona Mark (New York, NY) created this image for the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995.

Trafficking

• Trafficking of Women & Children from Mexico to the United States
  

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  Marisa B. Ugarte, Laura Zarate, and Melissa Farley (2003)
  Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Children from Mexico to the United States

  Journal of Trauma Practice (2003) 2 (3/4): 33-74 Also in Farley, Melissa (ed) (2003) Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress. Binghamton: Haworth Press.

  In this article, we describe the historical background of sex trafficking from Mexico to the United States. We summarize two case examples that illustrate the complexity of providing physical and emotional safety, as well as immigration protection to victims of trafficking into prostitution. We emphasize the importance of understanding the varied cultural contexts in which sexual exploitation, rape, prostitution and trafficking occur.

• Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation
  

  Lara Fergus wrote this June 2005 report on Australian sex trafficking for the Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault

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• Globalized Female Slavery
  

  (Onnie Wilson)
  Brief article that makes the connections between globalization and the exploitation of women in prostitution.

• The “Natasha” Trade
  

  The Transnational Shadow Market of Trafficking in Women
  (Donna Hughes)
  Discussion of trafficking with emphasis on Ukrainian women’s experiences.

• A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime
  

  US intelligence estimates of the extent of (and profits from) trafficking of women and children into the US. Summary of countries where victims come from and descriptions of organized crime syndicates that sell humans.

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