Publications for sale

Trafficked by Kathleen Maltzahn

Kathleen’s recent book, Trafficked, was published by the UNSW Press in July 2008, and in November 2008 was shortlisted for an Australian Human Rights Commission Human Rights Award for non-fiction literature. You can purchase a copy of ‘Trafficked’ online and at good bookstores across Australia, including Readings, most Dymocks, Borders, Collins, and Angus & Robertson. See attached PDF for a full list of stockists.

Sex Trafficking of Foreign Women to United States Military Camp Towns in South Korea, by Dr Sallie Yea (Senior Research Fellow, International Development Program, RMIT University)

This report provides a comprehensive exploration of Russian and Filipino women trafficked to US military camp towns through in-depth research carried out over an 18-months period with more than 80 women in 6 camp town areas in Korea. It discusses issues of recruitment of women, migration, living conditions in South Korea, experiences within the clubs where they are deployed, and issues of abuse, gendered violence and sexual, labour and financial exploitation, customer demand. The report is available from Project Respect at a cost of $40 (inc. GST). Please download the order form and email it to info@projectrespect.org.au if you would like a copy.

One Victim of Trafficking is Too Many: Counting the Human Cost of Trafficking

Project Respect spent six weeks researching and documenting these cases in February and March 2004. This report documents the 300 cases of victims of trafficking uncovered during this research, and outlines, in spreadsheet format, the situations of people trafficked to Australia for labour and sexual servitude. The report was influential in the US government's decision to include Australia in the 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The report is available from Project Respect at a cost of $33 (inc. GST). Please download the order form and email it to info@projectrespect.org.au if you would like a copy.

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Project Respect Recommendations for Reforms to Australia's Counter-Trafficking Response, 2009

Read Project Respect's detailed recommendations to provide a more humanitarian response to trafficking in Australia, updated in March 2009.

Information kit about Wei Tang case, 2009

Information about Wei Tang appeal. Wei Tang was convicted of using and possessing five slaves in her Brunswick St brothel in inner-city Melbourne. Includes media releases, summary of judgements by Gleeson CJ and Haynes J, a statement by nine survivors of trafficking, and links to media articles about the appeal.

Project Respect outreach materials - Sex slavery in Australia and compensation: Chinese, English, Korean, Thai and Russian

Project Respect developed these materials for distribution to women who have been trafficked or persons in contact with women who have been trafficked. The flyers lets trafficked women know that trafficking and slavery is a crime in Australia and that they can get help. It also provides information on the possibility of obtaining financial and material compensation. Developed with support from the Victorian Law Foundation, 2008.

2007-2008 Project Respect Annual Report

If you would like a hard copy of the report sent to you, please make your request using our contact form, or call (03) 9416 3401.

Statement by survivors of trafficking, 2008

Read this moving statement co-written by nine survivors of trafficking, who are supported by Project Respect. If you would like to send a message of support to these women, please email via our contact form, and we will pass it on for you.

Evaluation of Project Respect's Pathways Project, 2008

An independent evaluation of Project Respect's ground-breaking Pathways Program, Victoria's first exit program for women wishing to leave the sex industry.

Paying for Servitude: Trafficking in Women for Prostitution, 2004

Project Respect then-Director Kathleen Maltzahn's invited lecture for the Women's Electoral Lobby, Annual Pamela Denoon Lecture 2004, presented at Australian National University, Canberra, 4 March 2004.

In this speech, Kathleen discusses the extent of trafficking, legal and political responses, and outlines how trafficking made it onto the national agenda in the last few years.

Sex slaves and legal loopholes: Exploring the legal framework and federal responses to the trafficking of Thai 'contract girls' for sexual exploitation to Melbourne, Australia, 2001

 Between 1999 and 2000, a Melbourne man Gary Glazner was charged with offences related to trafficking in women for prostitution. Marnie Ford researched this trial, and has written a comprehensive assessment of this, the first trafficking-related prosecution in Australia.

The research includes recommendations for addressing trafficking for prostitution.