1-General Bibliography

By The Hawthorne Press	New Book Release - Fall, 2003 Prostitution, Trafficking and Traumatic Stress Edited by Melissa Farley, PhD Includes the following important chapter: Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Children from Mexico to the United States (Marisa Bava, Laura Zarate, and Melissa Farley)

LibertadLatina.org congratulates Dr. Melissa Farley (San Francisco Women's Center/ www.ProstitutionResearch.com); Marisa Bava, MA, Executive Director of the San Diego, Califronia based Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition, and Laura Zarate, Executive Director of the Texas based Latina intervension and advocacy group Arte Sana (Art Heals) - www.ArteSana.org -- on their successful colaboration and the recent release of their important article: Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Children from Mexico to the United States, in the above book.

In the Land of God and Man - Confronting Our Sexual Culture

"Libertad Latina recommends an excellent book by Colombian journalist and author Silvana Paternostro, called: "In the Land of God and Man - Confronting Our Sexual Culture."  A Colombian friend of LibertadLatina regards the book as being very accurate in it's description of the patterns of the sexual exploitation of women (and men) in Latin-American culture.  This persons also noted that the book could not be translated into Spanish and released in Latin America because of opposition of  church officials." - LibertadLatina

"Silvana Paternostro, born into a well-to-do Colombian family, was taught to be a traditional, virginal, obedient Latina. Sent to the United States to be educated, Paternostro has since remained, tied to her Colombian family but unwilling to fall in step with her culture's expectations. Now a widely published journalist and fellow at the World Policy Institute, Paternostro has revisited Colombia and several other Latin cultures to boldly uncover the quietly damaging sexual contradictions of the Latin world she left behind." - Amazon.com

Book Description
When Silvana Paternostro went to Brazil in 1993 to research a report on women and AIDS in Latin America, she was confronted with the startling fact that married, monogamous women in the region were at much greater risk of being HIV positive than female prostitutes. Interviewing a Columbian AIDS specialist, she learned that 80% of his female HIV patients were infected as a result of their husbands having unprotected sex with other men. The AIDS epidemic was exposing what Paternostro, a Colombian-born Latina, instinctively knew: that behind the silence, secrets, and feelings of guilt and shame accompanying sex in staunchly Catholic Latin America is a paradoxical reality where male bi-sexuality, prostitution, and transvestism are routine and accepted parts of life at every level of society. Layered with history, careful research, blistering social commentary, and the author's own vivid and candid anecdotes and impressions, In the Land of God and Man is a rich, compelling narrative account which represents a missing chapter in the annals of Latin American literature. Paternostro redraws the map of Latin America, extending its borders from Quito, Ecuador, to Queens, New York, and summons women out of the factories and favelas, the boardrooms and brothels, to tell their illuminating and alarming stories.
* This is the first major narrative nonfiction book about Latinas by a Latina
- Amazon.com

http://www.thebody.com/poz/en_espanol/columnas/primavera_99/machismo.html

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/latinam/balder.html#p

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HIV and AIDS in the Americas: An Epidemic with Many Faces

United Nations - UNAIDS

November 14, 2000

 

Abstract: Provisional Report. HIV and AIDS in the Americas: an epidemic with many faces,November 2000. Latin American and Caribbean Epidemiological Network Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic Network Foro 2000, Latin America and the Caribbean STD/AIDS, Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic (MAP), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

http://www.unaids.org/hivaidsinfo/statistics/june00/map/map%5Fstats%5Famerica.doc
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2-Casa Alianza (Covenant-House Latin America) Bibliography

• December 4th, 2000 Girls who work on the streets in Latin America, Sexual exploitation and its consequences Abandoned girls vs. Prostitution By Ana Salvadó Casa Alianza Latin America (Spanish)  

 

• October 10th, 2000
  Presentation to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights, Washington on the Situation of sexual explotaition of minors in Costa Rica. (Spanish) NEW!

 

• March 31th, 2000
  UN Special Report. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography in Guatemala.

 

• March 28th, 2000
  Child Commercial Sexual Exploitation, a cruel reality.
  Presentation to The Forum on Sexual Explotation and Turism. Mexico City.
  By Rocío Rodríguez García, Casa Alianza Internacional.

 

• March 3th, 2000
  Presentation to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights on the Subject: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Costa Rica
  By Bruce C. Harris Regional Director for Casa Alianza Latin America.

   

• October 21th, 1999
  The Sexual Exploitation of Minors in Latin America and the Caribbean
  By Rocio Rodriguez Garcia, Casa Alianza International.

   

• May 11th, 1999
  A case study:
  The conviction of a degenerate pimp: Tony Max
  By Rocío Rodríguez García. (Spanish)  

   

• May 3th, 1999
  The commercial sexual exploitation of children:
  Cry of a child
  By Ann Birch

   

• February 11th, 1999
  Presentation to the Third Hearings of the International Tribunal for Children's Rights:
  The use of Internet to Prevent and Denounce Child Sexual Exploitation and to promote the Rights of the Child.
  By Ann Birch and Ana Salvado.

   

• January 19th, 1999
  Presentation to the UNESCO Conference on
  "Sexual Abuse of Children, Child Pornography and Paedophilia on the Internet: An International Challenge".
  By Bruce Harris.

   

• May 1998
  Presentation to the Second Hearings of the International Tribunal for Children's Rights: "Child Sexual Comercial Exploitation in Central America".
  By Ana de Lara.

   

• 1998 
  Action Plan for the Costa Rican Commission on Child Sexual Comercial Exploitation.
  San José, Costa Rica. (Spanish)

   

• August 27th-31st, 1996.
  First World Congress on the Sexual-Comercial Exploitation of Children.
  Stockholm, Sweden

See the updated bibliography at: http://www.casa-alianza.org

3-Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) Bibliography - 

From: http://www.catwinternational.org/

Speeches

Articles

Statements

Reports

Resolutions

International Agreements

Other

Prostitution and trafficking

Please also see the "Trafficking and exploitation" section on our Child abuse page.

• Prostitution and trafficking: Articles, fact sheets, and other informative resources
• Prostitution and trafficking: Weblinks

Prostitution and trafficking: Articles, fact sheets, and other informative resources

• A Comparative Study of Women Trafficked in the Migration Process: Patterns, Profiles and Health Consequences of Sexual Exploitation in Five Countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Venezuela and the United States)
  Description: This study was undertaken by an interdisciplinary cross-cultural research team from Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Venezuela and the United States to discuss the consequences of sexual exploitation of migrant women.
  

   

• An Update on Don't! Buy! Thai!
  Author: Andrew Vachss, The Zero website
  Description: A December 20, 2000 update on the boycotting of Thai products in protest of child sexual exploitation in Thailand.
  

   

• At the Crossroads of Gender and Racial Discrimination
  Author: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
  Description: Document describes the disadvantages faced by minority women in the labour market, trafficking in women, and race- based violence against women.
  Other Formats: | PDF |
  Note: Please use Adobe Acrobat to open the PDF file.
  

   

• Child Sex Tourism
  Author: David Hechler
  Description: 1995 article.
  

   

• Children and Sex
  Author: One World Online
  Description: Website page. Cites reports on sexually exploited children worldwide.
  

   

• Hidden in the Home: Abuse of Domestic Workers with Special Visas in the United States
  Author: Human Rights Watch
  Description: This document provides an overview of how migrant domestic workers with special visas in the U.S. are treated and details U.S. government procedures, guidelines, laws and regulations governing special domestic worker visas.
  

   

• Information for Victims in Trafficking of People and Forced Labor
  Author: Violence Against Women Office (VAWO)
  Description: Factsheet. Describes acts which may constitute trafficking in persons and forced labor and encourages victims of trafficking to report their situation. Information about governmental and non-governmental resources for victims is provided.
  

   

• International Trafficking in Women to the United States: A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime
  Author: Center for the Study of Intelligence
  Description: A Nov. 1999 Intelligence Monograph. This article finds that the trafficking of women and children "for the sex industry and for labor" is prevalent in all regions in the U.S. Victims have traditionally come from Southeast Asia and Latin America, but now victims are coming from Central and Eastern Europe as well.
  Other Formats: | PDF |
  Note: Please use Adobe Acrobat to open the PDF file.
  

   

• Rape for Profit: Trafficking of Nepali Girls and Women to India's Brothels
  Author: Human Rights Watch/Asia
  Description: June 1995. This report focuses on the trafficking of girls and women from Nepal to brothels in Bombay, where nongovernmental organizations say they comprise up to half of the city's estimated 100,000 brothel workers. Twenty percent of Bombay's brothel population is thought to be girls under the age of eighteen, and half of that population may be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
  

   

• Stopping Traffic: Exploring the Extent of and Responses to Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation in the UK
  Description: This paper outlines an exploratory study focusing on the nature and extent of trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation in the UK.
  

   

• The Hofstede Committee Report: Juvenile Prostitution in Minnesota
  Description: This report provides an overview of juvenile prostitution, the sex industry in Minnesota, and efforts to end juvenile prostitution. This report also recommends tougher penalties for people who exploit children and teenagers.
  Other Formats: | PDF |
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• The Prostitution of Women and Girls in Metropolitan Chicago: A Preliminary Prevalence Report
  Author: Claudine O'Leary, Research Associate and Olivia Howard, Research Consultant for Impact Research
  Description: This report represents the first research to determine the number of girls and women involved in prostitution in the Chicago metropolitan area, and completes the first phase of a multi-phase project designed to ascertain how many girls and women in prostitution are being affected by problems of violence, abuse, substance abuse, and homelessness.
  Other Formats: | PDF |
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• The Race Dimensions of Trafficking in Persons – Especially Women and Children
  Author: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
  Description: A brief paper that presents links between trafficking and racial bias.
  Other Formats: | PDF |
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• Trafficking in Persons: A Guide for Non-Governmental Organizations
  Description: This brochure from the U.S. Department of Justice is intended for nongovernmental organizations, such as service providers and other community-based organizations, to use as a reference guide to help trafficking victims.
  Other Formats: | PDF |
  Note: Please use Adobe Acrobat to open the PDF file.
  

   

• Trafficking in Women to Italy for Sexual Exploitation
  Author: International Oranization for MIgration
  Description: This is the one of the first studies to examine the specific issues of trafficking Nigerian and Albanian women to Italy. The study is based on interviews with 50 women who were identified as victims of trafficking in women.
  

   

• Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
  Description: Act of the 106th Congress of the United States of America.
  Other Formats: | PDF |
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The below links are from the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)

http://www.mincava.umn.edu

Prostitution and trafficking: Weblinks

• Anti-slavery International
  Description: Website. Organization working to create a slave-free world through Programme, Communication and Information. Website includes information on modern slavery, child labour laws, trafficking, campaigns, news and resources.
  

   

• Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS)
  Description: Website. Subsite of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice website. CEOS contains information about child pornography, child predators, and traffickers of women and children including information on how to report child pornography on the Internet; investigating and prosecuting exploitation of children; safety tips for parents and children; international aspects of child exploitation; and more.
  

   

• Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
  Description: Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is a feminist non-governmental organization (NGO) that promotes women's human rights. The Coalition is composed of regional networks and affiliated international groups. They work internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms, especially prostitution and trafficking in women.
  

   

• Don't! Buy! Thai!
  Description: Website. An activist organization protesting child sexual exploitation in Thailand by encouraging the boycotting of Thai products. The site includes some news articles about the situation in that country.
  

   

• End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking International (ECPAT)
  Description: Website. ECPAT International is an international coalition of agencies and individuals dedicating its work to the issues of child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. Their web site includes links to ECPAT network members around the world.
  

   

• Escape: The Prostitution Prevention Project, Inc.
  Description: Organization provides speakers, training sessions, anti-pornography slide shows, survivor art shows, educational media and consultations. Webpage contains information about prostitution and systems of sexual exploitation.
  

   

• Fact Sheet for Non-Immigrant Visa Application Process
  Author: Immigration and Naturalization Services
  Description: Provides new information on new T visa which aims to provide temporary immigration benefits to foreigners in the U.S. who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons, and their immediate family members, as appropriate.
  

   

• Freedom and Justice Center
  Description: The Freedom and Justice Center conducts research and develops models and materials aimed at improving public policy and the law, the legal system and the legal profession in matters related to prostitution and other areas of the sex industry. Recognizing prostitution as inherently violent, we do not support the decriminalization, regulation or legalization of prostitution.
  

   

• Gabriela Network
  Description: Website. Organization is a US-based women's solidarity organization working with GABRIELA Philippines. They organize around issues such as the global traffic of women, world trade and the sex industry, the mail-order bride industry, first world and third world perspectives on the women's movement, and gender relations in the Asian-American community. GABNet operates a speakers' bureau which offers lecturers and discussants who lead in-depth discussions on these issues. They also publish a bimonthly newsletter, kaWomenan.
  

   

• Global Alliance Against Traffick in Women
  Description: Website. Member organization coordinating, organizing and facilitating work on issues related to trafficking in persons and women's labour migration in virtually every region of the world. Website includes information about GAATW, GAATW Activities, Publications, GAATW Newsletter, Resource Center, Human Rights Standards for the Treatment of Trafficked Persons and Recommendations, and Anti-Trafficking Documents.
  

   

• Maiti Nepal
  Description: Website. Working to protect Nepali girls and women from crimes like domestic violence, trafficking for flesh trade, child prostitution, child labor and various forms of exploitation and torture. Website includes updates, newsletters, program information, reports and more. Services include rehab, transit, and prevention homes; awareness education; rehab and repat services; and more.
  Service region: Nepal
  

   

• Nepal Petition On-Line
  Description: The Nepal Petition On-Line is an organization that is working to end the trafficking and rape of women and girls in Nepal.
  

   

• Nepal: Travel, Trekking, and Trafficking
  Description: Website. Discusses sexual harassment of tourists, sexual slavery, and rape in Nepal.
  

   

• Prostitution Research and Education
  Author: San Francisco's Women's Centers
  Description: Website. Organization helps those who have been used in prostitution recover from that experience and educates health professionals and the general public about prostitution as a human rights violation.
  

   

• Protection Project
  Description: A research project based at the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. The purpose of the project is to gather and disseminate information regarding the national and international legislation on human trafficking including trafficking of women and children.
  

   

• StreetKID's Page
  Description: Streetkid Resource Page tells how to subscribe to the e-mail listserv "streetkid-l" and lists agencies that support the interests of street children, many of whom are used in prostitution.
  

   

• The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
  Description: The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) is an alliance of nonprofit service providers, grassroots advocacy groups and activists dedicated to providing human servic