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.
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...