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• Is the New York Times Endorsing Legalization of Prostitution?

  Authors: Taina Bien-Aimé, CATW Executive Director

  This piece originally appeared in The Huffington Post's The World Post.  In the early 2000s, the New York Times published a series of articles by Pulitzer Prize winner Judith Miller about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In an era of intense media competition and feverish quests to eke out profits, the Times appeared to we... Read More...

• The New Abolitionists are Honored to Welcome President Jimmy Carter to Their Campaign to End Human Trafficking

  Authors: CATW International

  The 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter has joined the ranks of the New Abolitionists. A recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, President Carter is a life-long humanitarian activist and passionate defender of the human rights of women and girls. He is also a staunch advocate for enacting laws and policies that target the demand for prosti... Read More...

• France Passes Historic Abolitionist Legislation

  Authors: CATW International

  France Adopts Historic Law to End the System of ProstitutionCiting Country's Abolitionist Tradition, French Parliament Votes to Decriminalize Prostituted Individuals and Penalize Buyers of Sexual Acts New York, April 6, 2016 - The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women commends the French Assembly's passage today of a historic human rights law to ... Read More...

• An Evolution from Selling “Sex Tips” to Selling Porn: Cosmopolitan Joins Forces with the Porn Industry

  Authors: Taina Bien-Aimé, CATW Executive Director

  This post originally appeared on the National Center on Sexual Exploitation's blogThe premise of Sex and the Single Girl, Helen Gurley Brown’s best-seller that shocked the American public in the 1960s, was that a young woman didn’t need a ring on her finger to have and enjoy sex. Fifty years later, that notion is as culturally accept... Read More...

• UK's First "Red-Light" District: Leeds' Cruel Solution to Prostitution and Violence

  Authors: Taina Bien-Aimé, CATW Executive Director

  This article originally appeared in The Huffington Post United KingdomOn an ordinary winter day in 2014, Mary Honeyball led her colleagues in the European Parliament to pass a groundbreaking resolution urging member states to examine their policies on sexual exploitation, prostitution and its impact on gender equality. The purpose, the report ... Read More...

• Progress on "Comfort Women"? Survivors Say No!

  Authors: CATW International

  In December 2015, the Japanese and South Korean governments reached an agreement meant to resolve the dispute between the two countries over "Comfort Women" — the hundreds of thousands of women and girls (the majority Korean) trafficked and sexually enslaved by Japan prior to and during World War II. As detailed in the New York... Read More...