Human Trafficking: « The Repatriation of Victims is an Acute Issue »

Published on Thursday, 17 November 2016 08:28

In April 2015, at the 21^st session of the Papal Academy for social sciences, Yves Charpenel, the President of the Scelles Foundation, presented « an evaluation of the French law on the repatriation of trade victims ». One year later, when the recorded documents have just been put on line, what is the situation in France ?

International law defines prostitution as a human rights violation

Published on Thursday, 27 October 2016 13:25

Submission of the Scelles Foundation in the consultation of opinion on the approach of UN Women concerning the sexual work, the sex trade and prostitution.

For 23 years, the Scelles Foundation has been working towards understanding, combating, and expanding their knowledge of sexual exploitation. It has a large resource centre which has more than 5000 reference documents and which dispenses its information through a wide abolitionist network both in France and abroad. Every two years, the Foundation publishes a global report regarding the current state of prostitution in each of the countries that they work with. It outlines key themes that are a part of the larger system of prostitution worldwide. Each year, the Scelles Foundation provides awards for young people who have committed themselves to fighting sexual exploitation. The Scelles Foundation is a Cap International member and co-founder.

Human Trafficking: An Increase in the Number of Female and Child Victims in Vietnam

Published on Wednesday, 26 October 2016 12:43

66% of the human trafficking cases in the world occur in the Mekong sub-region. Vietnam is alarmed at the explosion in the numbers of women and children who trafficked to, for example, China. More than 22 000 cases of human trafficking have been identified by the country’s authorities since 2011. Alarmingly; human trafficking in this region is developing under new, troubling circumstances.

« we need to make sure that we are connected to a movement to end prostitution », a survivor testimony by Cherie Jimenez

Published on Monday, 24 October 2016 07:57

« I speak as a survivor and as a member of an international group of survivors working to end prostitution and as the founder and director of an exit program here in Boston, MA USA, a program designed and run by formerly prostituted women that connects women to needed resources and to each other. »