Author: Tripp Underwood

In-depth media report shines light on sex trafficking in US

In-depth media report shines light on sex trafficking in US

Al Jazeera America closed out 2015 with a seven-part series on sex trafficking in the US. Each story focused on a different aspect of the illegal sex trade. Demand Abolition is very proud to be among those interviewed for this project.

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Supporting the health and safety of prostituted people

Supporting the health and safety of prostituted people

People in prostitution are too often subjected to violence—often by the men who buy them. We all need to work together to stop it.

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Women’s bodies as a recruitment tool in college sports

Women’s bodies as a recruitment tool in college sports

This weekend marked the beginning of the NCAA basketball season. Unfortunately for many fans of the Louisville Cardinals, the season opening excitement was tainted by recent allegations that the team’s coaches have been using strippers and paid sex as a way to recruit new players—many of whom were still in high school.

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West coast: Tell Amnesty you support victims of the sex trade, not their exploiters

West coast: Tell Amnesty you support victims of the sex trade, not their exploiters

Attention residents of the West Coast, Rocky Mountain, and Southwestern states: you have the unique opportunity to tell Amnesty International to reverse its recent support of full decriminalization of the sex trade (including sex-buying, pimping, and brothel owning). The Amnesty International Western Regional Conference is being held this weekend—November 20-22—at the Sheraton Gateway in Los […]

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Campaign targeting Phoenix sex buyers shows positive early results

Campaign targeting Phoenix sex buyers shows positive early results

Top Phoenix officials including Mayor Greg Stanton, Co-Chair of the Arizona Human Trafficking Council Cindy McCain, and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, recently held a press conference celebrating the early success of “Not Worth It,” a sex-trafficking prevention campaign spearheaded by CEASE Phoenix Metro in partnership with Clear Channel Outdoors Americas. The Not Worth It […]

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Pimps are criminals—not costumes

Pimps are criminals—not costumes

Please watch and share this video from a survivor leader with an important message for the Halloween faithful: “Pimps are criminals–not costumes.”

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Ambassador Swanee Hunt wants you to contact Amnesty International about its policy on “sex work”

Ambassador Swanee Hunt wants you to contact Amnesty International about its policy on “sex work”

Here’s a personal appeal from Demand Abolition Founder and Chair, Ambassador Swanee Hunt, asking you to reach out to Amnesty International. You can intervene at a crucial moment. At its summit in Dublin this past August, Amnesty International passed a resolution calling for the full decriminalization of prostitution, including brothel owning, pimping, and sex-buying. As […]

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Swanee Hunt participates in CNN’s “Fight for Freedom: Confronting Modern-Day Slavery” forum

Swanee Hunt participates in CNN’s “Fight for Freedom: Confronting Modern-Day Slavery” forum

Five human trafficking experts, including Demand Abolition’s Founder and Chair Swanee Hunt, addressed a packed crowd last night for the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, “Fight for Freedom: Confronting Modern-Day Slavery, at Harvard’s Institute of Politics. One of the world’s premier arenas for political speech and debate, the JFK Forum presented the perfect backdrop for […]

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Tell Amnesty International to stand with survivors NOT exploiters

Tell Amnesty International to stand with survivors NOT exploiters

On August 11, Amnesty International passed a resolution calling for the full decriminalization of prostitution. The organization adopted this position on the grounds that decriminalization will make life safer for people in prostitution, but this is misguided thinking. Full decriminalization of the sex trade, which could include lessening or removing legal penalties against sex buyers, […]

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Rachel Moran educates “The World”

Rachel Moran educates “The World”

Five minutes is barely enough time to write an email—never mind eloquently sum up a complex and controversial topic that’s recently received global attention—but that’s exactly what author, activist, and sex trade survivor Rachel Moran does in this succinct interview with PRI’s The World.

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Employers move to end commercial sexual exploitation in the Pacific Northwest

Employers move to end commercial sexual exploitation in the Pacific Northwest

18 employers in the Seattle area are taking a stand against sex-buying and sex trafficking by pledging support to the BEST Employers Alliance.

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New York Times prints important editorial against full decriminalization of the sex trade

New York Times prints important editorial against full decriminalization of the sex trade

Our longtime ally Rachel Moran, a survivor of the sex trade, had a powerful op-ed run in the New York Times this weekend clearly explaining the dangerous precedent Amnesty has set.

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