Sex Trafficking
THE GLORIA STEINEM EQUALITY FUND TO END SEX TRAFFICKING
Launched in 2018, Frontline Women's Fund’s Gloria Steinem Equality Fund to End Sex Trafficking supports front line women’s rights activists who promote and advocate for the adoption of the Equality Model. Co-convened with CAP International, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and SPACE International, the Equality Fund currently has 13 grantees from Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, and South Korea.
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79%
of human trafficking victims are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation
$99B
is generated in illegal profits from commercial sexual exploitation globally each year
HOW TO END COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
Frontline Women's Fund promotes the Equality Model of prostitution legislation, which decriminalizes prostituted women and girls and invests in exit strategies for survivors to leave the sex trade while penalizing pimps, brothel-owners, profiteers and sex buyers. Variously known as the Equality Model, Swedish/Nordic Model, and partial decriminalization, this approach was first spearheaded by Sweden in 1999 and has steadily gained traction since. The Equality Model has been adopted by Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway and Sweden.
“The idea of prostitution as sex work is insulting offensive nonsense. What was happening to us in the brothels and red light zones wasn’t work or anything remotely resembling work. It was compensated sexual violation. That is how we experienced it. That is how we lived it. That is what we suffered from.”
| Rachel Moran, Founder of SPACE International, Survivor Leader
Our Co-Convenors
Get to know our hardworking co-convenors who are each doing their part to end sex trafficking across the globe. We proudly support these organizations and their missions.
CAP International
The Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution (CAP International) is a movement made of grassroots and survivors-led organizations united around a common objective: the abolition of the systems of prostitution and trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls.
space
international
SPACE International (Survivors of Prostitution – Abuse Calling for Enlightenment) was formed to give voice to women who have survived the abusive reality of prostitution.
Our Grantees
Get to know our hardworking grantees who are each doing their part to end sex trafficking across the globe. We proudly support these organizations and their missions.
marta centre
Latvia
Marta Centre the only women’s rights organization in Latvia provides professional, social, legal and psychological services to individuals who have been victims of violence and human trafficking
Kafa
Lebanon
KAFA is a Lebanese non-profit organization seeking to create a society free of social, economic and legal structures that discriminate against women.
National Solidarity
South Korea
National Solidarity Against Sexual Exploitation of Women is a national network against commercial sexual exploitation in South Korea.
AMADH
Argentina
AMADH is an Argentinian survivor-led organization that fights for the rights of women in prostitution and considers commercial sexual exploitation a form of gender-based violence.
MAITI Nepal
Nepal
MAITI Nepal was founded in 1993 to protect Nepali girls and women from domestic violence, human trafficking, child prostitution, child labor and various other forms of exploitation and torture.
SOLWODI
Germany
SOLWODI campaigns for the rights of foreign women in Germany including victims of human trafficking, sexual exploitation and prostitution, forced marriage or other forms of violence.
Empodérame Foundation
Colombia
The Empodérame Foundation is a Colombian organization committed to defending the human rights of women affected by human trafficking and forced displacement. Their work focuses on fostering personal empowerment among survivors and building pathways toward resilience, growth, cultural enrichment, communication, and education.
Stigamot
Iceland
Stigamot is an Icelandic organization that promotes the Swedish Equality Model and supports survivors of sexual violence and commercial sexual exploitation.
Apne Aap
India
Apne Aap Women Worldwide is a grassroots Indian organization that empowers marginalized girls and women to resist and end sex trafficking.
Resistenza Femminista
Italy
Resistenza Femminista combats patriarchy, capitalism, prostitution, the commercial sex industry, trafficking and gender stereotypes in Italy.
Colabo
Japan
Colabo, a non-profit organization based in Japan, is dedicated to helping women and young girls escape from sexual exploitation and domestic violence in downtown areas. Their mission is to provide support and resources to ensure that every girl has access to essentials like clothing, food, and shelter, and is protected from exploitation and violence.
Survivor Empowerment & Support Programme
South Africa
Asociación para la emancipación de mujeres y niñas
Spain
Emargi is a non-profit organization born in Bilbao, Spain. Their objective is to fight for a future free of the sexual and reproductive exploitation of women and girls on a local, national, and international level.