@article{ref1,
title="From the trenches: a global survey of anti-TIP NGOs and their views of U.S. efforts",
journal="Journal of human trafficking",
year="2017",
author="Heiss, Andrew and Kelley, Judith G.",
volume="3",
number="3",
pages="231-254",
abstract="Amid the academic and policy critiques of the United States' 15-year push to eliminate human trafficking, the perspective of the nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working with anti-trafficking advocacy and services has been largely ignored. This article presents the results of a global survey of nearly 500 anti-trafficking NGOs working in 133 countries and is the first NGO-focused survey of its kind. Based on the results of the survey, we provide an overview of the anti-trafficking NGO sector as a whole, detail the relationship between anti-trafficking NGOs and the United States and account for some of the variation in NGO opinions of U.S. efforts. Notably, we find that NGOs are remarkably satisfied with U.S.-led efforts--despite their acknowledged flaws--and that NGOs believe that American anti-TIP policies are important and, on balance, helpful. These results also provide a warning for the future of the United States' anti-trafficking advocacy, suggesting that the United States avoid politicizing its annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Keywords: Human trafficking<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2332-2705",
doi="10.1080/23322705.2016.1199241",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2016.1199241"
}