We help women heal from commercial sexual exploitation.
What is commercial sexual exploitation?
Commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) is the use of another person for a commercial sex act. Some women experience commercial sexual exploitation as sex trafficking, when someone uses force, fraud, or coercion to make her perform a commercial sex act. Other women experience exploitation without a trafficker. The trauma is all the same.
"Today, I want you to know that because of Amirah, I have the chance to live a life people dream about."
Survivor, Residential Program Participant
In the U.S., there are 9 types of CSE:
ESCORT SERVICES
ILLICIT MASSAGE, HEALTH, AND BEAUTY BUSINESSES
OUTDOOR SOLICITATION (STREET PROSTITUTION)
RESIDENTIAL SEX TRAFFICKING
BARS, STRIP CLUBS AND CANTINAS
PORNOGRAPHY
PERSONAL SEXUAL SERVITUDE
ILLICIT ACTIVITIES
REMOTE INTERACTIVE SEXUAL ACTS (CYBER-TRAFFICKING)
"The model that Amirah follows, of showing unconditional love, means that if someone truly wants to learn to love themselves it will happen. I have a lot of work to do in that area, I still have many insecurities and I doubt myself often, but I have begun the work. Amirah shows patience and care in a way that no other place I've experienced has. I felt respected as soon as I arrived. This environment has made all the difference in showing me that I always deserve to be treated this way by myself and others."
Amirah Residential Program Graduate
