Useful Links
Books: Available for loan from Magdalene House Office
Invisible Chains – Ben Perrin
The Johns: Why Men Pay for Sex-Victor Malarek (quite disturbing)
DVD’s
Human Trafficking the Movie
Tricked – documentary – language warning
Stolen Childhoods – child slavery around the world
Dark Side of Chocolate – slavery in cocoa industry
Online Information about Human Trafficking:
Canada’s national action plan
http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/ntnl-ctn-pln-cmbt/index-eng.aspx
Joy Smith
http://www.joysmith.ca/main.asp?cat_ID=27
Canadian Women’s Foundation stories and strategies to end sex trafficking in Canada.
http://canadianwomensfoundation.uberflip.com/i/395419
What is human trafficking
http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/octip/definition.htm
Signs that a Person Might be Trafficked
http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/octip/signs.htm
A New Tool for Retail Giants to “target” human traffickers
https://medium.com/usaid-2030/a-new-tool-for-retail-giants-to-target-child-trafficking-8f9878713d45#.w6j92l2so
Human Trafficking Support Organization
Chrysalis Network & National Human Trafficking Support Line
http://www.chrysalisnetwork.org/
ACT Alberta
http://www.actalberta.org/
RCMP Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ht-tp/index-eng.htm
Online Training
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/victims-of-crime/human-trafficking
http://helpingtraffickedpersons.org/
Organizations Supporting Victims
Walk With Me
http://www.walk-with-me.org
Servants Anonymous
http://servantsanon.com/
Organizations Fighting Human Trafficking
Hope For The Sold
http://www.hopeforthesold.com
International Justice Mission Canada
http://www.ijm.ca/
Facts about Sex Trafficking
Source: Canadian Women’s Foundation “From Heartbreaking to Groundbreaking.”
What Else Can You Do?
1. LEARN ABOUT IT
Get informed about sex trafficking of women and girls in Canada: canadianwomen.org/trafficking
2. SPEAK UP ABOUT IT
Sexual exploitation is driven by demand. Speak up about the realities of women and girls exploited in the sex industry.
3. CHALLENGE IT
Contact your federal, provincial or local government representative to ask what they’re doing about sex trafficking, raise the issue with your local paper, or bring it up at a community meeting.
4. STOP IT
If you suspect that sex trafficking is happening in your community, or you are a trafficking victim, contact a local sexual assault line, women’s crisis line, or police.
5. CHANGE IT
Help the Canadian Women’s Foundation to bring an end to the sex trafficking of women and girls in Canada.