| Donna M. Hughes
is
a leading international researcher on trafficking of women and
children. She has
completed research on the trafficking of women and girls for sexual
exploitation in the
United States, Russia, Ukraine, and Korea.
She
does
research and writing on women's rights. Her topic areas include:
violence, slavery, sexual exploitation, Islamic fundamentalism, and women's organized resistance to
violence and exploitation. She also
works on issues related to women, science and technology.
She is frequently consulted by
governments and non-governmental organizations on policy related to women's human
rights, particularly on trafficking of women and girls for sexual
exploitation. She
has testified before the U.S. House International Relations Committee,
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Moscow Duma, and the Czech
Parliament.
Her research has been supported by the
U.S. State Department, the National Institute of Justice,
the National Science Foundation, the Association of American Colleges
and Universities, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation,
the International Organization for Migration, the Council of Europe, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, the Rhode Island Board of
Governors for Higher Education, University of Rhode Island Foundation,
the University of Rhode Island Council for Research, and the
University of Bradford, UK.
Publications
 Trafficking,
Slavery, and Sexual Exploitation
Fact Sheets
and Research
Reports
Opinion
and Analysis Articles
Transcripts
and Texts
of Speeches
Islamic
Fundamentalism and Women's Rights
Violence
Against Women and Children
Women,
Science and Technology
Advocacy
Trafficking for World Cup Games, Summer 2006
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