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Brooklyn Law School highlighted WorldWE leaders Rachel Foster, Lauren Hersh, and Rebecca Zipkin for their leadership in advancing survivor-centered advocacy, securing major legislative victories, and bringing national attention to the fight for transparency and accountability in the Epstein case.
Honored at the TIME100 Gala, World Without Exploitation co-founders Lauren Hersh and Rachel Foster shared what continues to inspire their work: survivors. From being silenced to becoming powerful advocates, survivors are leading the push for transparency, accountability, and justice, including ongoing efforts to release the Epstein files. Their voices, and the community built around them, are moving the fight forward.
World Without Exploitation co-founders Lauren Hersh and Rachel Foster have been named to the TIME100, recognizing their leadership in advancing survivor-centered advocacy and demanding accountability for sexual exploitation. Through their work, they have elevated survivor voices and brought national attention to systemic failures that allow abuse to persist.
World Without Exploitation Policy Director Becca Zipkin spoke in support of New York’s Victims Protection and Child Sex Buyer Accountability Act, legislation that would make buying sex from 15- to 17-year-olds a felony. In interviews surrounding the bill, Zipkin emphasized that New York is currently the only state where purchasing sex from a 15-year-old is treated as a misdemeanor offense, arguing that the change is necessary to better protect children and reduce demand for commercial sexual exploitation.
The BBC covered World Without Exploitation's Super Bowl Sunday video featuring Epstein survivors holding photographs of their younger selves and calling for the full release of the Epstein federal files. The ad, which highlighted that three million files remain unreleased despite the December 2025 legal deadline, called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to release the truth and directed viewers to stand with survivors.
The Cornell Daily Sun profiled World Without Exploitation President and Co-Founder Rachel Foster for her role in organizing the survivor-led campaign that forced the release of the Epstein federal files. The piece details WorldWE's multi-pronged strategy of Capitol Hill lobbying, targeted billboards, and a viral PSA that amassed over 92 million views and generated 10,000 letters to Congressional representatives through WorldWE's website.
TIME featured World Without Exploitation and founder Lauren Hersh for their role in the survivor-led movement that forced the release of the Jeffrey Epstein federal files. As the nation's largest anti-trafficking network, WorldWE coordinated Capitol Hill lobbying, billboard campaigns, and a viral PSA that aired during Monday Night Football, ultimately moving Congress and the White House to act.
ABC News covered the eve of the House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, featuring World Without Exploitation prominently throughout. The piece spotlights a demonstration organized outside the National Gallery of Art, where survivors displayed a looped video of themselves at the age they met Epstein, as WorldWE's projection calling on Congress to vote yes lit up the building's walls. World Without Exploitation President & Co-Founder Rachel Foster described the fight as "truly bipartisan," emphasizing that transparency for survivors transcends politics.
USA Today featured World Without Exploitation CEO and Co-Founder Lauren Hersh in a photo gallery capturing the emotional moment Epstein survivors and advocates learned the Senate unanimously passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 18, 2025. Hersh is pictured embracing survivors on Capitol Hill as lawmakers voted 427-1 to approve the bill requiring the Department of Justice to release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
WLRN covered World Without Exploitation's expansion of its "Courage Is Contagious" billboard campaign into Florida, with placements in Miami, West Palm Beach, and Stuart calling for the full release of the Epstein federal files. CEO and Co-Founder Lauren Hersh emphasized the significance of targeting Florida given the extent of Epstein's trafficking and abuse in the state, stating that survivors deserve transparency and justice.
