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Advocate’s Guide to Talking to Parents/Guardians About Healthy Relationships and Sexual Violence Prevention for Children and Youth
Learning healthy relationship skills is a vital part of sexual violence prevention and sex education, all of which are most impactful when taught together. Parents/guardians…
Healthy Relationships Activity Book
Stopping sexual violence and other forms of harm can feel like a complicated and overwhelming task. Education is an important form of sexual violence prevention.
What Can We Talk About? Common Rules & Regulations
It is important for all members of a sexual assault response team (SART) to understand one another’s different professional and ethical obligations before the team…
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Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota
Since Native women are at exceptionally high risk for poverty, homelessness, and sexual violence which are elements in the trafficking of women, and because the…
No Wrong Door Youth Project
The 2011 the Minnesota legislature passed Safe Harbor for Youth that recognized minors involved in prostitution or commercial sex as victims of sexual exploitation and…
Voices of Safe Harbor: Survivor & Youth Input for Minnesota’s Model Protocol on Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Youth
The voices of victims/survivors in the public conversation surrounding sexual exploitation have often been overlooked. Few victims/survivors are available for public comment for a variety…
Wilder Research – Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor began in Minnesota in 2011 to provide legal protection and services for sexually trafficked or exploited youth. Safe Harbor funds agencies and grantees…
Don’t Buy It Project
“Don’t Buy It” refers to the idea that in order to effectively combat Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and violence against women and children, we need…
Improving Resources for At-Risk Youth
Sex trafficking and sexual exploitation occur because a youth’s vulnerabilities are being exploited. If a youth lacks a sufficient support system – including basic resources…
Healthy Relationships and Prevention
Sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, and other forms of sexual violence do not happen in isolation. Harmful attitudes, beliefs, and practices can create an environment in…
Sex Trafficking Prevention Strategies
Sex trafficking is a type of commercial sexual exploitation where a third person, often referred to as a trafficker, arranges or profits from the exploitation.
Developing an Effective Response to Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Part Three: Supporting the Community-Driven Response
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Developing an Effective Response to Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Part Two: Leveraging Statewide Efforts to Enhance the Local Response
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Developing an Effective Response to Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Part One: Changing the Paradigm
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Human Trafficking in Minnesota: Labor and Sex Trafficking
Human trafficking is a human rights violation that involves the exploitation of a person for labor or sex. Human trafficking is both a global and…