Action for the Children,
Lima, Peru
Issues of child exploitation in Peru (in Spanish):
http://www.accionporlosninos.org.pe/
American
Anti-Slavery Group
"iAbolish.org
is a project of the American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG), a
grassroots organization founded in 1993 to combat slavery around the
world. AASG has broken a virtual media blackout on slavery and helped
free over 45,000 slaves. AASG Directors - including survivors of slavery
- have testified to Congress three times and met twice with the
Secretary of State. In September of 2000, Coretta Scott King, widow of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., presented the Boston Freedom Award to AASG
President Dr. Charles Jacobs."
Http://www.iAbolish.org
The Break the Chain
Campaign (formerly the Campaign for Migrant Domestic Worker's
Rights) - The Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC
"Cases of exploitation have involved
domestic workers forced to work six or seven days a week, often from
sun-up to late at night, for $300 or less per month. This is a far cry
from the current minimum wage of $5.15 per hour in Maryland and Virginia
and $6.15 per hour in
[Washington,] DC, to which domestics are entitled. In several
instances, workers have been forced to work for years with no pay at
all. Violations may extend to far more horrific physical, sexual, and
psychological abuse, including the case of a Filipina woman whose
employer forced her to wear a dog collar and sleep outside with the
family’s dogs."
"I did not leave behind a teaching job in Ghana
to come to America to be treated like a dog or slave.”
– Dora Mortey
http://www.ips-dc.org/campaign/index.htm
Captive Daughters,
Inc.
Captive Daughters is a
non-profit organization dedicated to ending the sex trafficking of
children, with a special emphasis on the girl child.
Focus areas include trafficking in America, Latin America, Nepal and
India. Captive Daughters creates educational media, conducts
campaigns against sex trafficking and provides an online repository of
articles covering world-wide sex trafficking issues.
http://www.captivedaughters.org
Commission Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Boys, Girls and
Adolescents in Costa Rica
Authors
of: "The "MARCO" Plan of Action" (In Spanish)
http://www.paniamor.or.cr/novedades/comision/comision.shtml
Casa Alianza
(Covenant House - Latin America)
Casa Alianza/Covenant
House is the largest provider of services to homeless/street children in
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua.
http://www.casa-alianza.org
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)
"The
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is a feminist human rights
nongovernmental organization that works internationally to oppose all
forms of sexual exploitation."
Web Site created by Donna M.
Hughes, The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Eleanor M. and Oscar
M. Carlson Endowed Chair, Women's Studies Program, University of Rhode
Island, USA
http://www.catwinternational.org/
Disapeared Peruvians
(Peruanos Disaparecidos)
Peruanos Disapareidos
is a grass-roots non-profit group working without funding to document and
achieve rescue of thousands of Peruvian girls, boys, women and men who
disappear each year.
Peruanos
Disaparecidos
recognizes criminal sex trafficking as a major factor in the current
epidemic of disappearances in Peru.
Gonzalo Sarmiento L.
Presidente Ejecutivo (Executive President)
http://www.peruanosdesaparecidos.org
TEL: (511) 242 5151
FAX: (511) 4459864
Solo Denuncias (to Report Crimes in Peru) TEL. - 0 800 1 8330
Donna
M. Hughes, Ph.D.
Professor,
Women's Studies Program
Eleanor M. and Oscar M. Carlson Endowed Chair
University of Rhode Island
Donna M. Hughes does research and writing on violence against women,
sexual exploitation, women's organized resistance to violence, and
religious fundamentalism and women's rights. She also works on issues
related to women, science and technology.
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes
dhughes@uri.edu
ESPERANZA MOVIMIENTO FOUNDATION (The Hope Movement)
"The
Esperanza Movimiento Foundation is an independent, non-profit 501 (c)(3)
organization based in Baltimore, Md. with a passion to bring social
change throughout Latin America. With a passion to break the cycle of
child abuse and neglect. Rescuing children from the streets, providing
them with hope for the future. Serving and strengthening children and
families by stabilizing the family structure. Uniting activist to stand
up as revolutionaries of love against human trafficking. Transforming
communities into havens of hope."
Phone: 410-687-1014
ECPAT INTERNATIONAL
"A Global Network to
Protect Children against Commercial Sexual Exploitation"
ECPAT has an extensive
online database that includes country summaries of Latin American child
sexual exploitation issues.
http://www.ecpat.net/
Francois-Xavier
Bagnoud US Foundation
The Francois-Xavier
Bagnoud US Foundationis a 501 c (3) private foundation. To assist our
programs to help the orphans and families of the AIDS pandemic, please
send a tax deductible contribution by check, or by credit card on-line.
Latin American
Information:
http://www.fxb.org/action/latinamer.html
Fundacion
Esperanza
(The Hope Foundation)
Fundacion Esperanza works
with mostly Colombian women who were taken to Holland and Spain
expecting low-wage work, and were forced into sex trafficking.
They have produced a book in Spanish that goes into detail of this true
form of sexual slavery. They are seeking assistance to market
their book and raise funds.
Amsterdam , Holland
Madrid, Spain
Bogota, Colombia
http://fundacionesperanza.org.co
Fundacion Esperanza is
mentioned in the newspaper article from the Christian Science Monitor: "Sex
slavery racket a growing concern in Latin America" - January 11,
2001.
The International Human
Rights Law Institute
Cherif Bassiouni, President
College of Law, DePaul
University
Authors of:
"International Trafficking of Women and Children for Sexual
Exploitation"
The following description
of Cherif Bassiouni may be found at the DePaul University website:
http://www.law.depaul.edu/
"Professor of Law DePaul
College of Law, one of the world's leading authorities on international
criminal law and human rights. Professor Bassiouni was nominated for the
1999 Nobel Peace Prize for his 30 years of work in support of the
International Criminal Court and for his work in international criminal
justice and human rights. Professor Bassiouni has also received the
highest medals of honor from Austria, Italy and Egypt in recognition of
his work in the area of human rights. His work includes research on
commercial sexual exploitation in Latin America."
International
Organization fro Migration
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IOM is committed to the principle
that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and
society.
As the leading international
organization for migration, IOM acts with its partners in
the international community to:
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http://www.iom.int/
Mission:
MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that works
in partnership with women's community-based groups in conflict areas
worldwide. Our programs address issues of armed conflict and forced
displacement; women's health and reproductive rights; economic justice
and community development; Indigenous Peoples' rights and resources,
food security and sustainable development; human rights advocacy; youth;
and US foreign policy. MADRE provides resources and training to enable
our sister organizations to meet immediate needs in their communities
and develop long-term solutions to the crises they face. Since we began
in 1983, MADRE has delivered over 21 million dollars worth of support to
community-based women's groups in Latin America, the Caribbean, the
Middle East, Africa, the Balkans and the United States...
Men Can Stop Rape
- Washington, DC
P.O. Box 57144
Washington, DC 20037
Tel (202)265-6530
Fax (202)265-4362
http://www.mencanstoprape.org
Movimiento El Pozo
(The "Well" Movement)
El Pozo is a private
organization based in Lima, Peru. They work with prostitutes and
develop educational materials regarding sexism and the male attitudes
that cause a lot of exploitation in Peru. The site is written in
both Spanish and English.
http://www.creapozo.com
Center for
Documentation (CENDOC)
Affiliated with
Movimento El Pozo. This center was created to compile a
documentatry base of information on prostitution, the trafficking of
Women and pornography.
http://www.creapozo.com/cendoc.htm
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
(Note especially the
number of cases of minor Latina girls in their runaway list on their web
site.)
http://www.ncmec.org
International Center
for Missing and Exploited Children
(ICMEC)
"MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN IN SOUTH AMERICA: Nowhere
is there greater need or opportunity for meaningful action than in the
Americas.
Missing children from South America are often taken to neighboring
countries or to the United States, and many U.S. children are located in
South America.
Children throughout our hemisphere are exploited through child
prostitution or pornography.
Yet, existing systems are inadequate, and there is little
international coordination and cooperation."
http://icmec.missingkids.com/
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
In English and Spanish: 1 (800) 799-7233
National Latino
Alliance for the Elimination of
Domestic Violence
THE ALIANZA’S MISSION
The National Latino Alliance for the
Elimination of Domestic Violence (the Alianza) is a group of nationally
recognized Latina and Latino advocates, community activists,
practitioners, researchers, and survivors of domestic violence working
together to promote understanding, sustain dialogue, and generate
solutions to move toward the elimination of domestic violence affecting
Latino communities, with an understanding of the sacredness of all
relations and communities.
http://www.dvalianza.com/
National Los Compadres
Network
(Men and women
working to change sexual attitudes)
Jerry Tello, 818-333-5033
http://www.nationalcompadresnetwork.com
Organization of
American States (OAS)
http://www.oas.org/
OAS - Inter-American
Commission of Women
http://www.oas.org/cim
OAS/IACW
Report: "Trafficking of Women and Children for Sexual Exploitation in
the Americas"
http://www.oas.org/cim/English/Proj.Traf.AlisonPaper.htm
OAS-Pan American
Health Organization
Regional office for the
Americas of the World Health Organization
http://www.paho.org/
Health of indigenous people: a
challenge for public health
http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/100/100feature32.htm
Polaris Project
Polaris Project
is committed to ending the trafficking of women and children into sexual
exploitation.
We seek
to strengthen the grassroots anti-trafficking movement across the globe,
while working with governments and NGO's to expose, combat, and prevent
trafficking.
Trafficking is the third largest criminal industry in the world, after
drugs and arms dealing, and the fastest growing.
Polaris Project envisions a world where no woman or child is trafficked
into modern-day slavery.
http://www.PolarisProject.org
Prostitution Research
A San Francisco, CA based
organization run by
Melissa Farley, PhD and Vanessa Kelly.
http://www.prostitutionresearch.com
Protection Project -
Washington, DC
The Protection Project is a five-year
research project, that was founded by Dr. Laura J. Lederer, who is now
at the U.S. Department of State and teaches at Georgetown University Law
School. Michelle A. Clark and
Dr. Mohamed Attar are the current co-directors of the Protection
Project.
The Protection Project is based at the
School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University,
Washington, D.C. The purpose of the Project is to gather and disseminate
information regarding the national and international legislation
protecting women and children from commercial sexual exploitation.
The Protection Project presented two
important seminars in 2001 in regard to the criminal sexual exploitation
and trafficking of children and women within Latin America, an exploding
center of this human rights crisis. Bruce Harris, director of Casa
Alianza (also known as Covenant House Latin America) and Dr. Cherif
Bassiouni, director of The Human Rights Institute at DePaul School of
Law, each presented seminars covering aspects of the exploitation crisis
in Latin America. Both speakers have just completed extensive
studies of these problems in multiple Latin-American countries.
http://www.protectionproject.org
The Protection
Project has, during 2002, released the second edition of theirs 500-plus
page report, "Human Rights Report on Trafficking of Women and Children:
A Country-by-Country Report on a Contemporary Form of Slavery."
Richard J. Estes,
Ph.D. ,
Professor & Chair,
Concentration in Social and Economic Development
Principal Investigator:
"The Sexual Exploitation of Children in the United States, Canada,
and Mexico"
Save the Children - International Save
the Children Alliance
http://www.savethechildren.net
Save the Children - Canada (Authors
of Sacred Lives)
http://www.savethechildren.ca/en/
Shared Hope
International
Shared Hope International is a 501c-3 non-profit organization which
exists to rescue and restore women and children in crisis. Our founder,
former Congresswoman Linda Smith, has directed the organization since it
started in 1998. Shared Hope's international and domestic programs are
administered from our stateside office, headquartered in Vancouver,
Washington. Our staff consists of three full time positions, several
professional volunteers, and up to 6 interns. We are governed by a
volunteer Board of Directors and the Shared Hope International Advisory
Board.
P.O. Box 65337
Vancouver, WA 98665
http://sharedhope.org
E-mail Us:
savelives@sharedhope.org
Call: 1-866-HER-LIFE
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme
on AIDS
http://www.unaids.org
UNICEF - United
Nations International Children's Educational Fund
Regional Office
for Latin America and the Caribbean:
http://www.unicef.org/lac/ingles/
Report: "More and
more girls become victims of sexual abuse and exploitation"
http://www.unicef.org/lac/ingles/urgente/deten4.htm
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