Disrupting Demand to Combat Human Trafficking

Strategies to combat human trafficking focus significantly on disrupting demand, particularly targeting potential sex buyers. Organizations like Epic Project emphasize the need for engaging men in this fight, explaining that without addressing the demand, efforts to end sexual exploitation will fall short. They argue that viewing the issue through a supply and demand lens highlights that if there’s no demand, there will be no business for traffickers. This upstream approach, which prioritizes changing mindsets regarding sexual exploitation, is portrayed as a necessary tactic to create lasting change in societal behaviors.