Coalition Against Trafficking Women: We’re on Medium! Check out our very first post in ‘At the Edge of the Margins’

We've just launched a new publication on Medium! At the Edge of the Margins provides a digital space for opinions and interviews centering the most marginalized and vulnerable women and girls. The CATW team and our partners, including survivor leaders, will bring you feminist human rights analysis and commentary from around the world.

In our very first post, Executive Director Taina Bien-Aimé considers the implications of New York State's decision to legalize commercial reproductive surrogacy. Has New York put women up for sale?

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“Surrogate mothers are silenced, which is why the public knows nothing about our trauma […] There is no regulation that can prevent that pain and suffering we face as surrogates. You can die from it and it won't get you out of poverty.”

– Toni Bare, survivor of commercial surrogacy

The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Through an approach rooted in women's rights and human rights principles, we advocate for strong laws and policies, raise public awareness and support survivor leadership.