Citation

Lerum K, McCurtis K, Saunders P, Wahab S. Anti-Traffick. Rev. 2012; 1: 80-103.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW))

DOI

10.14197/atr.201215

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Since the passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, anti-trafficking efforts have grown in funding, political strength, and popular-culture appeal in the United States and globally. Particularly influential in shaping anti-trafficking policy in the United States are anti-prostitution advocates who are primarily concerned with rehabilitating sex workers and eradicating sexual commerce. Simultaneous to the development of prohibitionist anti-trafficking and anti-prostitution efforts in the US, movements for sex worker rights have also grown in strength and visibility, influencing a variety of cultural, academic, and public health arenas. While sex worker activists have widened the dialogue around sex workers' rights, their

Language: en

Keywords

United States; human rights; trafficking; human trafficking; sex work; United Nations; Universal Periodic Review