Ep 21: Human Trafficking: What You Might Not Know with Melissa Broudo

Dec 4, 2018

Melissa Bruodo is an attorney, activist, and mom and have dedicated her professional life to advocating for and supporting sex workers and survivors of human trafficking. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Sharmus Outlaw Advocacy and Rights (SOAR) Institute, an advocacy organization that does policy, technical assistance, trainings, and capacity building for sex workers and survivors of trafficking. We aim to make the world safer for sex workers and survivors of human trafficking, and to ultimately work towards decriminalization of prostitution.

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EPISODE SUMMARY:

• Melissa shares with us what the SOAR group is about and how she works to shift minds, hearts, and skills of service providers, communities, and policy makers to benefit those involved in the sex industry, trafficked individuals, and related communities.
• Learn what human trafficking is, how it happens in this day and age and how it is different than how the media portrays it.
• Melissa educates us on where women go for help if they feel that they might be a victim of trafficking. We also learn what we might be doing that supports the industry without even knowing it. Melissa also touches on the belief that prostitution should be legalized... if that sounds shocking, take a listen to understand why!

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