The Hudson Institute held a panel discussion on reducing the demand for prostitution and other forms of sex trafficking, organized by Mark Lagon, Ambassador of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP), at the Department of State. Discussion was moderated by Richard Weitz, Director of Program Management and Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and the panel comprised:
Norma Hotaling, founder of the Standing Against Global Exploitation Project (SAGE) and co-founder of the First Offender Prostitution Program (FOPP), who talked about the FOPP and how street prostitution is part of the same system of sexual exploitation as human trafficking, and the importance of focusing on demand.
Mark Lagon, who talked about some of these same issues, and discussed international anti-trafficking efforts.
Michael Shively of Abt Associates, who gave a talk about our evaluation of the FOPP and the national growth of variations on the john school model.
