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10 Days. 100 Speakers. The Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit

10 Days. 100 Speakers. The Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit

As part of their online global summit (July 18-28) the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has put together an outstanding group of experts to describe some of the most creative ways that blocking sex buyers is being carried out in our country. Join these two important sessions within the ten-day virtual summit. In them you’ll […]

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Demand Abolition Sponsors the Weekly Now & Next Speaker Series

Demand Abolition Sponsors the Weekly Now & Next Speaker Series

Throughout the spring and summer, World Without Exploitation’s Now & Next speaker series will feature movement leaders sharing best practices, representing new research, and exploring innovative ways to make the movement more effective and inclusive. We’re excited to announce Demand Abolition is sponsoring the weekly digital gathering so that all can take part at no […]

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Actress Mira Sorvino Calls for Action on Pimps, Buying Sex to End Trafficking

Actress Mira Sorvino Calls for Action on Pimps, Buying Sex to End Trafficking

Mira Sorvino, Hollywood actress and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking, argues that demand for commercial sex drives the global exploitation of marginalized groups through sex trafficking. To end sex trafficking, she calls for more accountability for pimps and the men buying sex, and support for the Nordic Model. The Nordic, or Equality Model, […]

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Survivor Activist Rebecca Bender Publishes New Book

Survivor Activist Rebecca Bender Publishes New Book

Demand Abolition is excited to announce Rebecca Bender’s book In Pursuit of Love is now available for purchase. She has been a strong supporter of demand reduction, and we are thrilled to support her newest publication. The book describes her remarkable story of escape from human trafficking and her decision to go back to the […]

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Epstein. Kraft. Who pays?

Epstein. Kraft. Who pays?

Jeffrey Epstein and Robert Kraft are household names because of their (alleged) sexual exploitations. It seems to me that we’re fascinated by which rich and powerful men will be implicated—Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew…. Or if Kraft’s arsenal of lawyers will get him off without him even stepping foot in a courtroom. While the […]

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Don’t Call Victims of Sex Trafficking ‘Young Women’

Don’t Call Victims of Sex Trafficking ‘Young Women’

Demand Abolition’s Founder and Chair Swanee Hunt calls for a literal “act of Congress” in her op-ed, published today, in The Boston Globe. Drawing from 22 trips she took to Eastern and Central Europe while serving as US Ambassador to Austria, Hunt notes parallels between the exploitation of girls she witnessed then and recent stories […]

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The Real Face of Prostitution

The Real Face of Prostitution

“I honestly believe it stops rape,” Benjamin told me. “It allows men to let off steam and have our natural urges met.” Benjamin was talking about the benefits of prostitution. It is good for women, he argued, because rather than rape, men can have sex how and when they want by paying for it with […]

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Who Are the 264 Men Arrested in the Florida Day Spa Prostitution Crackdown?

Who Are the 264 Men Arrested in the Florida Day Spa Prostitution Crackdown?

Demand Abolition’s report on “Who Buys Sex?” and Founder and Chair Swanee Hunt are featured in a new article in USA Today: Swanee Hunt, a former U. S. ambassador to Austria and founder of Demand Abolition, a Washington, D.C. group that works with survivors of prostitution, said while it’s true most men don’t buy sex, […]

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New in The Boston Globe: Hold Buyers Accountable in Sex Trafficking

New in The Boston Globe: Hold Buyers Accountable in Sex Trafficking

Demand Abolition recently hosted Sheriff William Snyder in DC. As you’ve probably heard in the news, he oversaw the sex trafficking bust in Florida and announced the charges against the Patriot’s owner Robert Kraft and nearly 300 other sex buyers. During the investigation, Snyder was unexpectedly plunged into the ugly world of organized sexual exploitation. Examining months […]

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Robert Kraft Case Shift Focus from Bought to Buyers

Robert Kraft Case Shift Focus from Bought to Buyers

After Robert Kraft was charged with soliciting prostitution, it’s not a case about where he goes from here. It’s about where we go. Kraft has been an important leader in Boston, contributing to the strength of our community for decades. He’s smart, and he knows the odds of winning and losing. He is also an […]

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More Than 8,000 Sex Buyers Arrested in Growing Movement to End Demand

More Than 8,000 Sex Buyers Arrested in Growing Movement to End Demand

After 15 stings, more than 100 jurisdictions have participated in the National John Suppression Initiative, leading to the arrests of 8,280 sex buyers.

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Sold in America: The buyers

Sold in America: The buyers

In this three-part video series, Newsy examines the nationwide effort to crack down on the buying of sex.

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