Sex Trafficking is the act by which individuals are recruited, transported, or solicited into the commercial sex industry through force, fraud, or coercion. Christopher Columbus was the first trafficker in the Americas, taking men, women, and children away from their communities to be enslaved and exploited by the foreign power he served. Colonization has made trafficking a major crisis in Native communities today. At CSVANW, we support tribal communities in developing their capacity to identify and respond to trafficking, and uplift the advocates who are already doing the incredible work of advocacy for trafficking survivors.
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Trainings & Events
Upcoming GBV Trainings:
February 12, 2025 12:00 am
February 13, 2025 12:00 am
April 26, 2024 12:00 am
Looking to the Future
ST ADVOCACY TRAININGS:
Build the capacity for more interactive and experiential advocacy trainings, develop relationships with advocates to improve how curriculum is designed to uplift their work in violence prevention.
DIRECTING ATTENTION TO PREVENTION/ROOT ISSUES
Develop curriculum around the conditions that make trafficking occur, and increase capacity for advocates to make connections between housing, healthcare, poverty, and trafficking. Emphasize the need for prevention through providing more training and funding directed to providing basic necessities and rights to life for trafficking victims and those at risk for trafficking.