At Project Respect, we advocate for women’s rights against violence, trafficking and exploitation. We believe that all women have the right to feel safe and respected. We are fundamentally for and about women's rights and needs. We are committed to doing what is needed to achieve a world free from sexual exploitation.

Submissions

• Submission to the Draft National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032
• Submission on Decriminalising Sex Work in Victoria 2021
• Submission to the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children 2021
• Submission to the VLRC Improving the Response to the Justice System to Sexual Offences 2021
• Submission to the Review to Make Recommendations for the Decriminalisation of Sex Work 2020
• Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs - Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence 2020
• Inquiry into Temporary Migration in Australia 2020
• Consultation Response to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT): International Strategy on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery 2020
• Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria 2020
• Wage Theft Bill - Consultation Response 2020
• Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee - Modern Slavery Bill 2018
• Australian Human Rights Commission National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces 2018
  
• The 70th Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women Shadow Report: Australian Government Responses to Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation and Access to Justice and Remedies 2018
• Inquiry into Establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia 2017 
• The Justice Project 2017
• UN Women consultation on sex work, the sex trade and prostitution 2016 
• Proposed Sex Work Regulations 2016 
• ‘Phenomenon colloquially referred to as ‘revenge porn’, which involves sharing private images and recordings of a person without their consent, with the intention to cause that person harm' - Prepared by Katherine McCormack for Project Respect 2016’ 
• Submission to the Royal Commission on Family Violence 2015
• Submission to the Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Bill - Project Respect 2004

News & Media Releases

• Sex Work Decriminalised in Victoria - Project Respect Media Release 2022
• Welcome Project Respect's New Chair: Julia Cookson  - Project Respect Media Release 2021
• Decriminalisation: A first step towards improving safety for women in the sex industry. - Project Respect Media Release 2021
• ABC Radio National Breakfast show interview with Project Respect about Australia establishing a Modern Slavery Act, 2018
• Listen to an interview on The World Today with Project Respect staff about mapping illegal brothels in local government areas in Melbourne, 2016
• "Sex workers at risk of violence as the internet cuts demand for their services" - ABC News featuring interviews with Project Respect, 2015 
• "Human Trafficking: Most of Australia's Alleged Sex Slavery Victims Left Without Government Support" - ABC News featuring interviews with Project Respect, 2015 
• Project Respect Outreach Worker, Kate Connett, on Lateline 2015
• Parliament of Victoria - Inquiry Into People Trafficking for Sex Work 2010
• High Court to deliver landmark judgement on sexual slavery laws on Thursday (28/8)
• Sex slave victims vindicated by High Court 

Research

• Path to Nowhere: Women on Temporary Visas Experiencing Violence and their Children - Report of National Advocacy Group on Women on Temporary Visas Experiencing Violence 
• Global Collaboration Against Human Trafficking Report: Fourteen Essential Principles for Working with Human Trafficking Victims 
• "The Harms of Indoor Prostitution for Women: A Research Review" - Dr Anastasia Powell & Dr Vicky Nagi 2012 (for Project Respect)
• "An open message of thanks to the Justices of the High Court of Australia" - Project Respect 2008
• "One victim is too many" - Project Respect 2004
• "Paying for servitude" - Kathleen Maltzahn 2004
• "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" - Marnie Ford on behalf of Project Respect 2001 

Other Research & Information

• Project Respect Position Statement 2017 Illegal Brothels 
• Project Respect Position Statement 2018
• Purchasing sexual services on the NDIS
• Project Respect Quick Facts sheet on trafficking and the sex industry

Research and reports by other organisations: 

• "Improving the Response of the Justice System to Sexual Offences" - Victorian Law Reform Commission 2021
• "[email protected]: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces" - Australian Human Rights Commission 2020
•  Trafficking in Persons: The Australian Government Response 1 July 2016 - 30 June 2017 - Interdepartmental Committee on Human Trafficking and Slavery 2020
• "Estimating the dark figure of human trafficking and slavery victimisation in Australia" - Australian Institute of Criminology 2019
• "Global Slavery Index 2016" - The Walk Free Foundation, 2016
• "Change the Story - Framework to Prevent Violence Against Women and Children"  - Our Watch, ANROWS, VicHealth 2016
• "Royal Commission into Family Violence Report - Summary and Recommendations"  - March 2016, you can find the full report here
• "Inquiry into people trafficking for sex work" - Parliament of Victoria 2010
• "Men Who Buy Sex: Who They Buy and What They Know" - Eaves, London 2009

Watch and Listen: 

• The Age multimedia page on trafficking in persons - This is a useful resource for interviews with police, brothel operators, and trafficked women.
• Listen to an interview with a young Thai woman who shares her experience of being trafficked to Australia.
• Watch this 4 Corners investigation into sex slavery.
• Watch "The Journey: A Short Film on Sex Trafficking" with Emma Thompson. Part 1
• Trafficking in women: UNODC Public Service Announcement.