Sexual exploitation and trafficking of Aboriginal women and girls

NWAC is actively committed to raising the profile nationally and internationally on many issues such as the following: violence against women, the lack of justice response, high rates of women in prison, multiple forms of discrimination, poverty, and ongoing sexual exploitation and trafficking of women and girls, along with the many other violations to our basic human rights. [...] The review will help to inform the work of NWAC and the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s Task Force and aid in the Task Force’s preparations to identify and suggest key solutions for a national anti- trafficking strategy effectively addressing sexual exploitation of Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. [...] The avenues of inquiry for this study resulted in an exploration of the root causes and impacts of trafficking and sexual exploitation on Aboriginal women and girls in general; identified the service gaps and priority areas to be addressed; examined the linkages between the experiences with the sexual exploitation of Aboriginal women and girls; and explored local, regional, and national endeavours [...] As well, the review will identify, from the literature, effective methods to prevent the sexual exploitation and trafficking of Aboriginal women and girls and those strategies that help them exit the trade. [...] What can be gathered from looking at the span of the above statistics, both the 2005 and 2011, is that there is a solid continuation of traumatic and damaging experiences that Aboriginal women and girls experience both prior to being trafficked and in the life of being trafficked for sexual acts.