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

• Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Children from Mexico to the United States
  

  Marisa B. Ugarte, Laura Zarate, and Melissa Farley 2003

  In this article, researchers describe the historical background of sex trafficking from Mexico to the United States. Researchers 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. Researchers 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, June 2005

  Report on Australian sex trafficking for the Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault.

  Click here to view full report (pdf format).
  

• Globalized Female Slavery
  

  Onnie Wilson 2000

  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 2000

  
  Discussion of trafficking with emphasis on Ukrainian women’s experiences.

• A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime
  

  Amy O'Neill Richard 1999

  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.