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December 18th is International Migrants Day.
We stand in solidarity with migrants in Canada against increasing racism and discrimination, and declining support for newcomers.
Immigration policies should prioritize safety, dignity, and inclusion.
Read our statement here: bit.ly/4anLHQP
We stand in solidarity with migrants in Canada against increasing racism and discrimination, and declining support for newcomers.
Immigration policies should prioritize safety, dignity, and inclusion.
Read our statement here: bit.ly/4anLHQP
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
December 18th is International Migrants Day.
We stand in solidarity with migrants in Canada against increasing racism and discrimination, and declining support for newcomers.
Immigration policies should prioritize safety, dignity, and inclusion.
Read our statement here: bit.ly/4anLHQP
We stand in solidarity with migrants in Canada against increasing racism and discrimination, and declining support for newcomers.
Immigration policies should prioritize safety, dignity, and inclusion.
Read our statement here: bit.ly/4anLHQP
Today is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
We stand in solidarity with sex workers. We mourn the lives lost to anti-sex work bias. We demand systemic change to create a world where sex workers are respected, supported, and safe.
Read our statement here: bit.ly/4p4WPWr
We stand in solidarity with sex workers. We mourn the lives lost to anti-sex work bias. We demand systemic change to create a world where sex workers are respected, supported, and safe.
Read our statement here: bit.ly/4p4WPWr
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
We stand in solidarity with sex workers. We mourn the lives lost to anti-sex work bias. We demand systemic change to create a world where sex workers are respected, supported, and safe.
Read our statement here: bit.ly/4p4WPWr
We stand in solidarity with sex workers. We mourn the lives lost to anti-sex work bias. We demand systemic change to create a world where sex workers are respected, supported, and safe.
Read our statement here: bit.ly/4p4WPWr
The World Cup is coming and so is the myth about human trafficking.
It’s time to end that myth and focus on what really matters: worker rights and action against labour exploitation in global sporting events.
Read GAATW Canada’s statement here: bit.ly/3KwsS3c
It’s time to end that myth and focus on what really matters: worker rights and action against labour exploitation in global sporting events.
Read GAATW Canada’s statement here: bit.ly/3KwsS3c
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The World Cup is coming and so is the myth about human trafficking.
It’s time to end that myth and focus on what really matters: worker rights and action against labour exploitation in global sporting events.
Read GAATW Canada’s statement here: bit.ly/3KwsS3c
It’s time to end that myth and focus on what really matters: worker rights and action against labour exploitation in global sporting events.
Read GAATW Canada’s statement here: bit.ly/3KwsS3c
Oversimplified “rescue” narratives of human trafficking do not address root causes of exploitation, producing stereotypes and short-term solutions that ignore survivors’ unique experiences.
We need flexible and diverse support to fortify communities against exploitation.
We need flexible and diverse support to fortify communities against exploitation.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Oversimplified “rescue” narratives of human trafficking do not address root causes of exploitation, producing stereotypes and short-term solutions that ignore survivors’ unique experiences.
We need flexible and diverse support to fortify communities against exploitation.
We need flexible and diverse support to fortify communities against exploitation.
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Radical feminists and religious groups got into bed together once. Now they're broadening the affair, says @gaatw.bsky.social www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
A bizarre new alliance is coming after sexual freedoms
Radical feminists and religious groups teamed up against sex work. Now they’re going after broader reproductive freedoms
www.opendemocracy.net
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Radical feminists and religious groups got into bed together once. Now they're broadening the affair, says @gaatw.bsky.social www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Experiences of exploitation vary. One solution won’t help everyone. Organizations already doing good work in their communities know what’s needed. Indigenous communities may need culturally safe care; temporary workers may need better visa options. Needs are different. Responses should reflect that.
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Experiences of exploitation vary. One solution won’t help everyone. Organizations already doing good work in their communities know what’s needed. Indigenous communities may need culturally safe care; temporary workers may need better visa options. Needs are different. Responses should reflect that.
Blame and hate towards immigrants and refugees has increased and government support has declined.
Stand with us. Show your support for immigrants and refugees, because we know we’re better together and that immigrant and refugee rights prevent trafficking!
Join CCR's campaign: bit.ly/3WMJJ4r
Stand with us. Show your support for immigrants and refugees, because we know we’re better together and that immigrant and refugee rights prevent trafficking!
Join CCR's campaign: bit.ly/3WMJJ4r
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Blame and hate towards immigrants and refugees has increased and government support has declined.
Stand with us. Show your support for immigrants and refugees, because we know we’re better together and that immigrant and refugee rights prevent trafficking!
Join CCR's campaign: bit.ly/3WMJJ4r
Stand with us. Show your support for immigrants and refugees, because we know we’re better together and that immigrant and refugee rights prevent trafficking!
Join CCR's campaign: bit.ly/3WMJJ4r
Winnipeg, MB GAATW CA hosted a national meeting with Indigenous, migrant workers, sex workers, trafficking survivors & 2SLGBTQIA+ leaders. The meeting centred people often excluded from decision-making & are best positioned to drive change against violence, exploitation, and trafficking in Canada.
October 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Winnipeg, MB GAATW CA hosted a national meeting with Indigenous, migrant workers, sex workers, trafficking survivors & 2SLGBTQIA+ leaders. The meeting centred people often excluded from decision-making & are best positioned to drive change against violence, exploitation, and trafficking in Canada.
Human trafficking survivors are invited to speak in ways that align with others’ expectations, rather than being supported to share on their own terms. GAATW CA & Collaborative Community Solutions co-hosted a conversation shaped by survivors, not just about survivors. See resource at bit.ly/4nn0QW9
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Human trafficking survivors are invited to speak in ways that align with others’ expectations, rather than being supported to share on their own terms. GAATW CA & Collaborative Community Solutions co-hosted a conversation shaped by survivors, not just about survivors. See resource at bit.ly/4nn0QW9
This important piece challenges the reflex to rely on criminal justice solutions, even when better options exist, like funding trusted community groups. Let’s amplify evidence-based coverage and push for smarter, more effective anti-trafficking responses. @thetyee.ca #trafficking
BC Gets It Wrong on Human Trafficking | The Tyee
The province’s new RCMP unit sounds good. But there are better options.
thetyee.ca
August 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This important piece challenges the reflex to rely on criminal justice solutions, even when better options exist, like funding trusted community groups. Let’s amplify evidence-based coverage and push for smarter, more effective anti-trafficking responses. @thetyee.ca #trafficking
If you only read one article today, make it this one.
Could anti-trafficking survive without victims to rescue?
Could anti-trafficking survive without victims to rescue?
Critics demand that anti-trafficking organisations abandon rescue narratives. Here’s why they don’t
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July 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you only read one article today, make it this one.
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Mistakes happen in anti-trafficking work. We must learn from them
Mistakes happen in anti-trafficking work. We must learn from them
Critical feedback helped our organisation transform its approach to lived experience. Here’s what we did
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June 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Mistakes happen in anti-trafficking work. We must learn from them
We are joining nearly 200 organizations in calling on Prime Minister Carney to Withdraw Bill-2. This Bill would put more people’s lives at risk, and allow for human rights abuses, it must be rejected.
Civil Groups Demand Withdrawal of Govt’s Border Bill – June 18, 2025
A coalition of civil society organizations call for the withdrawal of Bill C-2, the government’s Strong Borders Act, over concerns about human and migrant rights. Speaking with reporters in Ottawa ar...
www.cpac.ca
June 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We are joining nearly 200 organizations in calling on Prime Minister Carney to Withdraw Bill-2. This Bill would put more people’s lives at risk, and allow for human rights abuses, it must be rejected.
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Law enforcement alone will never stop modern slavery
Law enforcement alone will never stop modern slavery
Reducing modern slavery isn't that hard, but getting governments to implement solutions is next to impossible
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June 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Law enforcement alone will never stop modern slavery
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"This field is chewing people up and spitting them out. It also doesn’t reflect nearly enough about what does and does not work to make sustained progress, and as a result it’s constantly reinventing the wheel."
Dina Haynes is on fire for @beyondslavery.bsky.social
Dina Haynes is on fire for @beyondslavery.bsky.social
Can progressives re-capture anti-trafficking from the right?
Celebrity experts, anti-immigrant agendas and burnout undermine hopes of getting anti-trafficking back on track
www.opendemocracy.net
June 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"This field is chewing people up and spitting them out. It also doesn’t reflect nearly enough about what does and does not work to make sustained progress, and as a result it’s constantly reinventing the wheel."
Dina Haynes is on fire for @beyondslavery.bsky.social
Dina Haynes is on fire for @beyondslavery.bsky.social
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The journal's Editor Borislav Gerasimov spoke with @joelquirk.bsky.social about what has changed in anti-trafficking work over the past 20 years, whether the anti-trafficking "movement" is learning, and what might lie ahead...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr... #humantrafficking
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr... #humantrafficking
Twenty years of slow progress: Is anti-trafficking changing?
Two decades in, Anti-Trafficking Review’s editor says maybe activists still don’t understand social change
www.opendemocracy.net
May 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The journal's Editor Borislav Gerasimov spoke with @joelquirk.bsky.social about what has changed in anti-trafficking work over the past 20 years, whether the anti-trafficking "movement" is learning, and what might lie ahead...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr... #humantrafficking
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr... #humantrafficking
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Ten years ago, we decided to place trafficking at the centre of our analysis. We made the wrong decision. 🧵
✍️ @joelquirk.bsky.social @drellac.bsky.social & Cameron Thibos
bit.ly/3ZmPRBY
✍️ @joelquirk.bsky.social @drellac.bsky.social & Cameron Thibos
bit.ly/3ZmPRBY
Ten years on, have we moved Beyond Trafficking and Slavery?
We started BTS in 2014 to help everyone better understand the root causes of exploitation. Did we succeed?
www.opendemocracy.net
May 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ten years ago, we decided to place trafficking at the centre of our analysis. We made the wrong decision. 🧵
✍️ @joelquirk.bsky.social @drellac.bsky.social & Cameron Thibos
bit.ly/3ZmPRBY
✍️ @joelquirk.bsky.social @drellac.bsky.social & Cameron Thibos
bit.ly/3ZmPRBY
We are co-hosting a different kind of conversation for #VictimsWeek2025 - one shaped by survivors, not just about survivors. Join us for a survivor-led conversation that will rethink how we engage in anti-trafficking work with individuals with lived experience. Register at bit.ly/42DNay5
May 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We are co-hosting a different kind of conversation for #VictimsWeek2025 - one shaped by survivors, not just about survivors. Join us for a survivor-led conversation that will rethink how we engage in anti-trafficking work with individuals with lived experience. Register at bit.ly/42DNay5
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For years, the U.S. has led global anti-trafficking efforts - but where did the money go? A new study shows most funding focused on reactive responses, not root causes like poverty or inequality. Now, with foreign aid cuts, those root causes will worsen. Read: bit.ly/3XFsq69 @atrjournal.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
For years, the U.S. has led global anti-trafficking efforts - but where did the money go? A new study shows most funding focused on reactive responses, not root causes like poverty or inequality. Now, with foreign aid cuts, those root causes will worsen. Read: bit.ly/3XFsq69 @atrjournal.bsky.social
"A unique theatre production will invite audiences in Guelph, Ont., and Toronto to step onto the stage this fall and rewrite the stories of exploited and mistreated migrant workers in Canada." www.catholicregister.org/item/1838-ha...
Harvesting justice for migrant labour
A unique theatre production will invite audiences in Guelph, Ont., and Toronto to step onto the stage this fall and rewrite the stories of exploited and mistreated migrant workers in Canada.
www.catholicregister.org
March 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"A unique theatre production will invite audiences in Guelph, Ont., and Toronto to step onto the stage this fall and rewrite the stories of exploited and mistreated migrant workers in Canada." www.catholicregister.org/item/1838-ha...
It's time for Canada to chart its own course on human #trafficking. Learn more in our latest blog post at gaatw.ca/item/why-can...
February 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's time for Canada to chart its own course on human #trafficking. Learn more in our latest blog post at gaatw.ca/item/why-can...
Resisting Displacement: Sex Worker Activism & Anti-Trafficking Policing in Olympic Cities — Spotlight: Los Angeles.
Join York University's CFR's Critical Trafficking & Sex Work Research cluster conversation with sex worker rights groups in LA who are mobilizing yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join York University's CFR's Critical Trafficking & Sex Work Research cluster conversation with sex worker rights groups in LA who are mobilizing yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Resisting Displacement: Sex Worker Activism & Anti-Trafficking Policing in Olympic Cities — Spotlight: Los Angeles.
Join York University's CFR's Critical Trafficking & Sex Work Research cluster conversation with sex worker rights groups in LA who are mobilizing yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join York University's CFR's Critical Trafficking & Sex Work Research cluster conversation with sex worker rights groups in LA who are mobilizing yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...