Pimp 'N Ho Protest
Raves which trivialize prostitution as "pimp 'n 'ho night - sexual attire desired" - are teaching men to sell, abuse and rape women (which is what pimps do) and they are teaching young women that it is fun to be sexually exploited. People from around the world joined together to boycott one such event.
Click on this image for a description of a 2001
Pimp 'N Ho protest in Vancouver, including details of how we organized the protest, a fact sheet, press release, and what happened. Photograph © Melissa Farley (2001)
PROSTITUTION: CONSENT OR MEN'S VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?
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Scott Hampton, Psy.D. wrote this article for the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault Fall 2007 Newsletter. He is Director of Ending the Violence, 90 Washington Street, Suitte 305, Dover New Hampshire 03820. Phone 603-742-2954. Email endingviolence@comcast.net
Website www.endingtheviolence.info
RESOURCES
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
http://www.catwinternational.org
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
Women’s Justice Center
Santa Rosa, California
http://www.justicewomen.com/
contact rdjustice@monitor.net
707-575-3150
Mission: To provide advocacy, free of charge, for victims of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse, particularly in the Latina and other under served communities of Sonoma County. To provide advocacy training and community education.
Recursos bilingues sobre violacion, violencia domestica, y prostitucion
Bilingual (Spanish) rape, doemstic violence, and prostitution resources
Polaris Project
http://www.polarisproject.org
email: DEllerman@PolarisProject.org
Phone 202-547-7909
Fax 202-547-6654
Polaris Project is a multicultural grassroots organization combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Based in the United States and Japan, our passionate staff combine street-level experience and technical expertise, working everyday from morning to past midnight to provide victim services, conduct advocacy, and build the anti-trafficking movement.
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:
1. To create and strengthen understanding between the women of the Philippines and the women of the United States;
2. To inform and educate people of the United States on the impact of global and US policy decisions on women of the Philippines;
3. To consolidate, support and organize women for the solidarity with GABRIELA Philippines;
4. 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.
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
(updated 11-28-06)
