End Sex Trafficking

3 Generations has been documenting sex trafficking for 13 years. We have, and will continue to insist that sex trafficking is a human rights abuse. It remains one of the world's fastest-growing crimes and a multi-billion dollar industry. 

January 2023 was National Human Trafficking Prevention Month: a commitment to empower survivors of all forms of human trafficking, to prosecute traffickers, and to bring an end to human trafficking in the United States and around the world. Reflecting on last month's call to action, we are highlighting the alarming number of Native American women who are sex trafficked, and how these crimes go grossly unnoticed and under-reported.

According to the FBI, 40 percent of victims of sex trafficking are Native, yet Native women represent 10 percent or less of the general population. Racism and the historical mistreatment of marginalized communities leave minority and low-income youth vulnerable to sex trafficking. Indigenous people face a unique relationship with sexual exploitation as sex trafficking of contemporary Indigenous women is seen as “almost indistinguishable from the colonial tactics of enslavement, exploitation, exportation, and relocation.”

Although these human rights abuses remain in the shadows, at 3 Generations we will continue to advocate for sex trafficking survivors, hear their stories, document their truth and demand change. You can help us make a difference and amplify the voices of survivors.

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3 Generations has been documenting stories of sex trafficking for over 10 years. We have and will continue to provide a vital platform for victims and survivors of sex trafficking to talk about the devastating consequences of this human rights abuse. 

In recent news, ABC 6 reported the story of a human trafficking survivor from Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus attorney is alleging that “major hotel chains know or should know about sex trafficking happening on their properties” (ABC 6) and he’s taking action by filing several lawsuits in federal court against them. 

Human trafficking has become prevelant in Central Ohio and many of the human trafficking tips recieved by the Trafficking Task Force have lead them to hotels in the area. The frequency in which hotels are used for human trafficking suggests that the staff and managers of these hotels must take stronger action against any activity they suspect to be human trafficking related. 

We at 3 Generations will continue to advocate for survivors, hear their stories, and demand change. For more information about this issue and others please visit our website.