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Virtual Realities: Sexual Exploitation Online

The 8th Annual World Without Exploitation Youth Summit

Join the World Without Exploitation Youth Coalition, Rights4Girls, and the George Washington University Office of Advocacy and Support for the 8th Annual World Without Exploitation Youth Summit, Virtual Realities: Sexual Exploitation Online. This year’s Summit will explore how the online-facilitated sex trade—including pornography, OnlyFans, and sugaring—is shaping our culture, our media, and our understanding of exploitation. While the internet has enabled powerful forms of connection and change, it has also opened new channels for commercial sexual exploitation—on social media, subscription platforms, and in the narratives we consume daily.

By recognizing how the sex trade is marketed, normalized, and monetized online, we can better equip the next generation of advocates, tech leaders, and changemakers to challenge exploitation in all its forms.

Lunch and a light breakfast will be provided for all registrants on site.

RSVP to secure your ticket! Questions? Email dahlia@worldwe.org

When

July 24th, 2025, from 9am-4pm

What

The 8th Annual World Without Exploitation Youth Summit

Where

The George Washington University Student Center, 800 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052

Note: A light breakfast and lunch will be provided on site.

Questions? Email: sarina@worldwe.org

Agenda

Entrance Hallway & Grand Ballroom
8:30 am - 9:30 am

Check- In & Light Breakfast

Grand Ballroom
9:30 am – 9:40 am

Youth Summit Kick-Off

Grand Ballroom
9:45 am - 9:55 am

Paris Mwendwa Keynote

Speaker: Paris Mwendwa

Grand Ballroom
10:00 am - 10:20 am

Sex Trade 101 Introduction

Grand Ballroom
10:25 am - 11:10 am

Behind the Screen: Exploitation in Porn, OnlyFans, and Sugaring

Grand Ballroom
11:15 am - 12:00 pm

Masculinity on Demand: Unpacking the Pipeline to Sex Buying

Grand Ballroom & Entrance Hallway
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch & Tabling

Grand Ballroom
1:05 pm - 1:10 pm

Sen. Blumenthal Video Message

Grand Ballroom
1:10 pm - 1:55 pm

Platforms, Pimping, and Policy Gaps

1:15 pm - 2:00 pm

Workshop (3 options, choose 1)

Run 1: 2:05 pm - 2:50 pm (45 minutes x 2)
Run 2: 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

WORKSHOP

Room 307

So You Think You’re Sex Positive? The Bop House, AI Girlfriends & Sex Robots

Facilitator: Bella LaFreniere
Presenter: Melanie Thompson

WORKSHOP

Room 302

Glamour and Grooming: Entertainment’s Obsession with the Sex Trade

WORKSHOP

Room 311

Image-Based Sexual Abuse: Tech as Exploitative and Preventative

Grand Ballroom
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Closing Reflection & Thank You