We’re working to create a world that is consistent with our name, where no person is bought, sold, or exploited.

Every day in America, tens of thousands of people are trafficked and sexually exploited, including children. Millions more are bought, sold, and exploited worldwide. After decades of extraordinary political, economic, and social progress, why are so many people still being purchased like products?



World Without Exploitation was created to confront that question. Our movement was born of a series of conversations among sexual exploitation and trafficking survivors, human rights and gender justice advocates, artists, activists, and direct service providers. We’re united in the belief that we won’t end adult or child sexual exploitation until we confront its root causes. We know that an injustice that goes unseen is an injustice that goes unchallenged. And challenging a world in which human beings are being trafficked and exploited is what World Without Exploitation is all about.

Change is a chorus, not a solo: Meet our team.

World Without Exploitation isn’t just a campaign – it’s a community of organizations and individuals who share a vision and seek to leverage our unique skills and different backgrounds in the fight to end human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

History shows us that lasting social and legal change occurs when many people – often very different people – come together on behalf of a shared goal. We may not always agree on tactics or solutions, but we do agree passionately on the importance of debate, dialogue, and finding common ground in order to create political and cultural change. That’s why we’re committed to engaging people from a broad range of disciplines and sectors in our fight for an exploitation-free world to protect children and adults alike.

World Without Exploitation was founded in 2016 by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Demand Abolition, National Organization for Women/New York State, Sanctuary for Families, Survivors for Solutions, and The Voices and Faces Project.

Founding Co-Chairs

Executive Council

  • Vednita Carter
  • Estela de los Rios
  • Cristian Eduardo
  • Rachel Foster
  • Lauren Hersh
  • Ane Mathieson
  • Audrey Morrissey
  • Sonia Ossorio
  • Peter Qualliotine
  • Anne K. Ream
  • Shea Rhodes

      Member organizations

      A Call to Men
      AATN
      Abolition Ohio
      Alabaster Jar
      Allies Against Slavery
      Amirah
      Art Works for Change
      Artworks for Freedom
      Awaken
      Awareness is Prevention
      BEST
      Badala
      Bergen Family Center
      Black Women's Blueprint
      Bloom for Women
      Breaking Free
      Breaking the Silence Together
      Bronx Christian
      CAASE
      CATW
      CJR
      CSA
      CSE
      California Against Slavery
      Carter Center
      Center for Hope and Safety
      Centered Therapy Chicago
      CornerHouse
      Courtney's
      Covenant House
      Crittenton
      Crossing Point Arts
      Culture Reframed
      Darling Princess
      Dawn's Place
      Demand Abolition
      Dreamcatcher
      EP Cares
      EVA
      Elevate Academy
      Empower Her Network
      Enc Stop Human Trafficking Now
      Ending the Game
      Epik Project
      Equality Now
      Exodus Cry
      Faithful Love
      Family Partnership
      Free To Thrive
      Friends of Farmworkers
      Gender Violence Institute
      Generate Hope
      Global Centurion
      Graham
      HEAT
      HOPE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER
      Haven ATL
      Healing Hands Incorporated
      Healing to Action
      Her Song
      Hidden Treasures
      I'll Go First
      I5 Freedom Network
      Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking
      JCAST
      Jane School
      Jewish Council Public Affairs
      Justice Restoration Center
      Khalila Riga Consulting, LLC
      La Maestra Community Health Centers
      Legal Momentum
      Let My People Go
      Lifeway
      Lifeway Network
      Lift
      Lynn's Warriors
      Men Can Stop Rape
      Met Council
      Mission Kids
      More Too Life
      My Life My Choice
      NCYL
      National Center of Sexual Exploitation
      National Council of Jouvenile and Family Court Judges
      Nest
      New Abolitionists
      New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
      New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking
      New York Legal Assistance Group
      Now
      Ny State Anti-Trafficking
      OPS
      Oklahoma Coalition Against Human Trafficking
      PACT
      PASS
      PEHT