Combating Sex Trafficking
Combating Sex Trafficking:
Advancing Freedom for Women and Girls
Donna M. Hughes
Professor and Carlson Endowed Chair
Women's Studies Program, University of Rhode Island
Keynote Address
Northeast Women's Studies Association Annual Conference
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
March 5, 2005
Activist Scholarship
I have always considered Women's Studies to be the academic arm of the Women's Liberation Movement. I have pursued my research and scholarship with the goal of advancing women's freedom and equality.
I have done work on women and science, but my most activist scholarship has been on the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. My goals have been to document the violence against women that is inherent in sex trafficking, analyze the factors that cause and contribute to this complex system of violence and exploitation, raise the consciousness of concerned citizens about sex trafficking in their neighborhoods and around the world, and engage law......
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