Welcome on the website of the Foundation of the Religious against Trafficking in Women (SRTV)
The foundation is set up to help in the struggle against the growing trade in women and the corresponding forced prostitution. It is the group's intention to contribute in compliance with religious and cultural aspects to the creation of a respectable future for the victims of this trade.

Dutch Foundation of Religious against Trafficking in Women

(Stichting Religieuzen Tegen Vrouwenhandel - SRTV)

In 1991, the initiative was taken to form a national network of religious against trafficking in women, to actively show solidarity with oppressed women.

The Foundation SRTV is set up to combat the growing traffic in women and the corresponding forced prostitution. Its first objective is to work on prevention and information dissemination. It is also the foundation's intention to contribute to the creation of a respectable future for the victims of this trade.

The SRTV’s main activities:
• Raising public awareness of the issue by disseminating information;
• Raising awareness of Religious organisations and institutions (in particular Christian organisations)
• Spreading of information in the form of warning leaflets and videotapes to prevent women and girls from becoming victims;
• Supporting prevention projects and projects to help women return to their home country;
• Forming an international network;
• Offering practical support to victims in the Netherlands;
• Lobbying for political support where possible.

The SRTV warns women about the dangers of trafficking via a leaflet which is now translated into 44 different languages, and distributed in 60 different countries. The foundation is convinced that it is more effective to prevent women from falling victim to trafficking in women, on the basis that prevention is always better than cure.

The foundation supports victims of trafficking when they have been through the traumatic experience in the Netherlands and want to be repatriated. They mediate in finding safe shelter for victims in Holland, and co-operate with women’s projects in the Philippines, Ghana, the Czech Republic, Nigeria, Brazil, Kenya, Thailand, Uganda and the Dominican Republic.

Members of the SRTV inform the public in the Netherlands about trafficking. They speak at conferences, give workshops, and are part of an international network against trafficking in women and lobby for policy changes at national and international level.

The foundation’s magazine “Trans actions” [Verhandelingen] is translated into English once a year and is distributed free.

The SRTV is available to speak about trafficking in women to women's groups, churches, cultural organisations, youth groups, schools, etc.
Every year, the members take part in a number of national and international congresses.

The SRTV is a non profit organisation. The money required to achieve their aims comes from gifts, charitable funds and other sources.

The SRTV has at the moment 25 members, including religious women and men from 13 different congregations, and both Protestant and Catholic lay people. A number of them have been active in different developing countries. Their multi cultural experience and their contacts are very valuable. Religious women and men have always had a worldwide network, and this network is being informed about and activated to assist in the fight against trafficking in women..