TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - From the trenches: a global survey of anti-TIP NGOs and their views of U.S. efforts
JO  - Journal of human trafficking
A1  - Heiss, Andrew
A1  - Kelley, Judith G.
SP  - 231
EP  - 254
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2332-2705
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2016.1199241
ID  - ref1
ER  -