Library
This growing library is filled with peer-reviewed and community-based knowledge to create an evidentiary base for a labour rights-centred response to human trafficking in Canada.
Rights Not Reductions: GAATW Canada Statement on International Migrants Day
Today, on International Migrants Day, December 18th, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) Canada expresses our solidarity with all migrants who live in Canada and calls for humane, rights-affirming immigration policies. Migrants are our friends,...
GAATW Canada Observes International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
December 17th marks the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. It’s a time to remember and mourn the lives lost to violence, demand an end to hate crimes, and raise awareness about how criminalization and stigma contribute to the ongoing violence faced...
GAATW Canada Members Join GAATW International Congress
GAATW Canada members attended GAATW’s International Members Congress and Conference in Bangkok from October 15-18 to celebrate the Alliance’s 30th anniversary. The event offered GAATW and its international members opportunities to reflect on their work, review...
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Move beyond awareness raising and towards systemic solutions
February 22 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Canada. Once again, an alarm will sound that human trafficking is a national crisis of epidemic proportions. Awareness will be raised about the signs of trafficking and how to identify victims. But is human...
The Myth about Increased Sex Trafficking during Sporting Events Should Just Die
It’s that time of the year again! Football fans are getting ready for the Super Bowl on 11 February in Las Vegas, Nevada, while the media and some anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are stoking panic about an increase in sex trafficking in the host...
An invitation to collaborate and reintroduction to GAATW Canada
The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) Canada was formed in 1996 to address human trafficking through a migrant rights and labour rights approach. Over the years, we've worked with women’s, 2SLGBTQAI+, sex worker rights, and labour organizations locally,...
UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery – Canada visit
In May 2023, GAATW Canada responded to the call for input on the country visit to Canada of the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery. GAATW Canada's brief highlighted several labour issues and government legislation and policy that warrant the...
House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women’s (FEWO) study on Human Trafficking of Women, Girls, and Gender-diverse People in Canada
In May 2023, GAATW Canada submitted a brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women's (FEWO) study on Human Trafficking of Women, Girls, and Gender-diverse People in Canada. GAATW Canada provided a response to the Committee's purpose and made...
Anti-Trafficking Review: Special Issue – Sex Work
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...
Sex Workers Organising for Change: Self-representation, community mobilisation and working conditions
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...
2010 Winter Games Analysis on Human Trafficking
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....
Transnational Migration, Trafficking in Women, and Human Rights: The Canadian Dimension
Transnational Migration, Trafficking in Women, and Human Rights: The Canadian Dimension. (2002). Funded by Status of Women Canada. 160 pp.
Echoes: Cries for Freedom, Justice and Equality. Filipino Women Speak
“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...
Whores, Maids & Wives: Making Links
In 1997, GAATW Canada hosted the North American Regional Consultative Forum on Trafficking in Women, the first consultation of its kind held in Canada. The forum was designed to: initiate dialogue on trafficking and migration, facilitate an exchange of information and...
Practical Guide to Assisting Trafficked Women with Special Reference to Canada
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...