Over the past two decades, there has been a growing body of excellent academic and community-based literature on sex workers’ lives, work, and organising efforts, and on the harmful effects of anti-trafficking discourses, laws, and policies on diverse sex worker...

The Sex Workers Organising for Change: Self-representation, community mobilisation and working conditions report is based on research conducted with sex worker organisations in seven countries: Canada, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, India, Thailand and New Zealand. It...

In 2010, GAATW Canada researchers conducted a qualitative research project, funded by Public Safety Canada, on possible increases in transnational and domestic human trafficking in British Columbia in connection with the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games....

GAATW Canada undertook a collaborative research project and, in 2002, published a compilation of knowledge on migrant women and human trafficking in the Canadian context.The report explores several areas, including: global and national policies on 'trafficking in...

“Echoes: Cries for Freedom, Justice and Equality. Filipino Women Speak.”, was an initial step toward research and documentation of the situation of Filipino women living in abusive and exploitative conditions in a small town in British Columbia. Their lives as...

GAATW’s first effort to support groups working at the grassroots level. This handbook contains information gathered from governmental organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and legal and health experts. Written in a clear and simple style, this manual...