The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) is an international feminist network of over 100 NGOs based in all regions of the world that provide assistance to migrants and trafficked persons and advocate for their rights.
In 2012, GAATW began publishing the Anti-Trafficking Review – the first peer-reviewed journal focusing on the issue of human trafficking, examining it in its broader context and intersections with gender, labour, migration, and development. What is more, the journal is completely open access, so that it can benefit not only academics, but also policymakers, practitioners, and communities.
The journal has now published 23 issues focused on neglected or under-researched topics, such as popular representations of trafficking, the legacies of colonialism and slavery, the role of technology in preventing and facilitating trafficking, the profiles and modus operandi of traffickers, the impacts of armed conflicts on trafficking and displacement, and many more.
Over the years, the journal has become an important outlet for the publication of critical research on human trafficking and a trusted source of information for those working in the field. Importantly, GAATW uses the research published in the journal to advocate for policy changes that protect the human rights of survivors of trafficking and at-risk groups. It also works with journal authors to publish their research in more accessible, non-academic language in popular media outlets.
