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TESS Resource Directory YWCA HalifaxDownload
Hearing Them: African Nova Scotian and Black Experiences of Sex Work, Childhood and Youth Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking in Nova ScotiaDownload
Safer Spaces White Paper #1 Building a Community of Practice for CSEC and Trafficking VictimsDownload
Safer Spaces White Paper #2 Understanding “Human Trafficking” in Nova ScotiaDownload
Safer Spaces White Paper #3 Pathways to EntryDownload
Safer Spaces White Paper #4 The Perpetrators of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence in the Sex TradeDownload
Safer Spaces White Paper #5 Housing Victims of CSECDownload
Safer Spaces White Paper #6 Tested Practices for Taking a Survivor-Informed Approach to Policy and Program DevelopmentDownload
Safe Landing Research Report: Housing Victims of Human TraffickingDownload
It’s Happening Here! Myth Busters Poster (English)Download
It’s Happening Here! Myth Busters Poster (French)Download
Quick Reference Guide – Indicators & Language of Sexual ExploitationDownload
Supporting Sexually Exploited Persons Poster (English) Download
Supporting Sexually Exploited Persons Poster (English) Download

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YWCA Halifax
358 Herring Cove Rd.
Spryfield, NS
t: 902.423.6162

Registered Name: Young Women’s Christian Association of Halifax

Charity No: 108229881RR0001