RESEARCH

BITAHR engages in research and provides outreachand education targeted at eliminating CSE through empowerment of children and young women.

BITAHR uses domestic and international channels of investigation, intervention and funding to end the sexualcommodification of children and young women in the US and abroad.

Currently, BITAHR is engaged in several staff led research projects including the integration of law and health in developing victim services and the use of entrepreneurial business and micro-financing in survivor business training programs.

EDUCATION

Below you will find links to some of the recommended books by BITAHR staff and volunteers on sex trafficking. Each author takes a unique approach to the issue of sex trafficking both domestically and internationally. This is by no means an exhaustive list but provides suggestions to further your knowledge on the topic.

Sex Trafficking by Siddharth Kara

The Road to Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam

Girls Like Us by Rachel Lloyd

Report a Crime or Human Rights Violation

If you believe you are a victim of human trafficking or may have information about a potential trafficking situation, pleasecontact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC).

1-888-37-37-888

The easiest and fastest way to reach us is to call the hotline at 1-888-3737-888. Hotline Call Specialists are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to take reports from anywhere in the country related to potential trafficking victims, suspicious behaviors, and/or locations where trafficking is suspected to occur. All reports are confidential. Interpreters are available.Invest to Abolish Commercial Sexual Exploitation and the Trafficking Human Beings.