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Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
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Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) was founded 1988 as the outcome of a conference on 'Trafficking in Women' organised by several American feminist groups including Women Against Pornography and WHISPER.
CATW was the first international non-governmental organisation (NGO) working against trafficking and gained consultative status with ECOSOC (UN) in 1989.
CATWs definition of trafficking is understood as all forms of selling or buying bodies of women or children. CATW opposes a distinction between forced and voluntary prostitution as they see all forms of prostitution (and pornography) as a violation of the dignity of women and as violence against women.
- Leidholdt, D. A. (2003). Demand and the Debate. CATW.
- Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. Retrieved on 2005-12-15.