CATW is an abolitionist non-profit organization that works to end human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of women and girls worldwide.
We stand with all survivors of sexual exploitation and sexual violence. Our statement regarding today's verdict in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial:
https://t.co/6YujkaKNX6
Sex Trade Survivors Write Open Letter to MacKenzie Scott Concerning Her Funding of Groups that Endorse the Prostitution of Women and Girls https://t.co/aEKX6YsRFJ
@EkGaetan@rights4girls@CATWIntl To find out more about the work of @Rights4Girls: https://t.co/DuZvpS8Bia — and @CATWIntl on the Nordic model against sexual exploitation: https://t.co/qcqIIOudtK. Two different approaches, same goal: dignity cannot be bought.
➡️The Means: the threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or a position of vulnerability, or the giving or receiving of payments or benefits
➡️ The Purpose: exploitation
As Ukraine's #surrogacy industry returns to pre-war levels listen to @maryxma share how agencies traffic poor women into the country from elsewhere.
And read more on the status of Ukraine's #lawreform and what this means for parenthood in our latest blog:
https://t.co/7o8M6GujNQ
“Historically, the human rights movement has excluded the real lives of many women by supposing that ‘sex work’ was acceptable—as if women selling their bodies were freely chosen[.] It seems to be long past time to delink ‘sex’ and ‘work.’” Gloria Steinem. https://t.co/ISyZBR3Le3
Reports of rape and sexual violence surge in the EU as the bloc pushes for a consent-based definition of rape. #EuropeInMotion
➡️ https://t.co/YEkNtZMuZu
Progress! First conviction under CA’s new law establishing felony accountability for buyers of child sex. 37 yr old who paid to rape 16 year old https://t.co/FYkRHGNETw
« Lawmakers invited #Epstein survivors [.]while simultaneously elevating a colleague with his own[.]history of #VAW —This is what male entitlement looks like when it is woven into the fabric of institutional power. » Yasmin Vafa @rights4girls@MsMagazine
https://t.co/vJoMe93Mwc
NY's Voluntary Intoxication Exclusion law makes it near impossible for sexual assault survivors to get justice if they were "voluntarily" intoxicated. Call your NY rep & demand change TODAY! https://t.co/9ZztZeIuJn via @BrianLehrer
A Love Letter to Jeffrey Epstein: The CEDAW Committee Betrays Women
Read our Executive Director's thoughts on @CedawUn's embrace of the sex trade ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/slR83NJJab
2/2: demande au gouvernement néerlandais de lever l'interdiction du « 'travail du sexe' à domicile" & des restrictions imposées aux maisons closes, contredisant #CEDEF#GR38#Palerme. @ohchr@UN_HRC: les ♀méritent mieux que les "clients" et la prostitution. @CAPintl#Egalité
1/2: 1422 signataires, y compris des survivantes, demandent au Comité #CEDEF de modifier leur rapport adressé aux @NLNetherlands. Le rapport qualifie filles victimes de traite de « travailleuses du sexe », considère la prostitution comme un « travail » ...
https://t.co/2MPL7wiojp
2/2: solicita al gobierno que se levanta la prohibición del «trabajo sexual» a domicilio y se imponen nuevas restricciones a los burdeles. Las mujeres merecen algo mejor en la vida que los puteros y la prostitución. #EscuchenALasSupervivientes#CEDAW, #GR38#ConvenciónDePalermo.
1/2: 1.422 firmantes, incluido sobrevivientes, hacen un llamamiento a @ohchr y @UN_HRC a modificar su informe a @NLNetherlands. @CEDAW califica a las niñas víctimas de la trata como «trabajadoras sexuales», considera la prostitución como «trabajo»...
https://t.co/2MPL7wiojp