World Without Exploitation (WorldWE) is the largest national coalition in the United States dedicated to ending the commercial sexual exploitation of children and adults, both online and offline.

Representing nearly 200 member organizations, we advance just and effective policies and drive legislative change at the state and federal levels to prevent exploitation and support those impacted. Grounded in the leadership and insights of survivors, we lead cutting-edge advocacy and public education efforts that shift narratives, inform key stakeholders, and build accountability.

We work to prevent exploitation by addressing its root causes—including the systems, inequalities, and demand for paid sex that allow it to persist—while ensuring all of our efforts are guided by survivor leadership and a commitment to survivor-centered justice.

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

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.
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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.

Getting to a world without exploitation means starting with a clear vision. This is ours.

We believe that human trafficking and sexual exploitation are human rights issues fueled by gender, racial, and income inequalities.
We seek to honor the power, purpose, and inherent worth of every person. Human trafficking and sexual exploitation endanger the welfare of the individual, the family, and the community. Accepting such exploitation as inevitable is inconsistent with a human rights vision.
We know that listening to survivors of exploitation and human trafficking victims is critical to developing just and effective social policies. We’re committed to survivor engagement. And we’re driven by survivor leadership.
We recognize that adults and children who have been trafficked or sexually exploited should be treated as victims of a crime, not as criminals themselves.
We realize that there can be no social justice without social services, so we’re working to ensure that all survivors of labor trafficking and the sex trade have the comprehensive support they need to exit exploitative systems and rebuild their lives.
We understand that we won’t end sexual exploitation or human trafficking until we end the demand for prostitution. As long as there is a global sex trade, ours will be an unsafe, unjust world.
We commit to eradicating the market for coerced or unpaid labor that drives the multi-billion dollar trade in human trafficking.
We advocate, raise awareness, and educate the public for laws and policies that hold those who purchase other human beings and those who profit from their sale accountable for the harm they cause.
We know that law drives the culture even as culture shapes law. Challenging inaccurate media representations of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, while partnering with artists and writers who seek to tell a more accurate story, is central to our mission.
We believe that true freedom means being free from violence, exploitation, and oppression.

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

Change is a chorus, not a solo

Getting to a world without exploitation means starting with a clear vision. This is ours.

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