Taina Bienname has been working in the field of women's rights and equality for 30 years.

She was a founding board member of Equality Now, the largest international women's rights organization,

which focuses on all forms of violence and discrimination against women.

Today, Taina BNMA is the executive director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women,

one of the oldest international organizations dedicated to ending trafficking in women and girls,

and commercial sexual exploitation as practices of gender-based violence and discrimination.

Taina discusses how the rise of online pornography has affected sex trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Taina draws the links between pornography and gender-based violence,

how the majority of sex buyers are men, and most victims of sexual violence are women and girls.

Taina helps us understand the increase of online sexual exploitation,

how the survivor-led movement is

helping change attitudes and policies, and what we can do to help end sexual exploitation.

With that, let's jump into the conversation. We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before

Consuming.

Thank you so much for being here with us today and giving us some of your time.

I have to tell you, the last time I was able to speak with you was at a coalition to end

sexual exploitation summit several years ago.

And I think it was one of my favorite interviews we've ever been able to do,

but we were so short on time. So I'm so excited to have more time to speak with you today.

Oh, no. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. It's such an honor to be part of this

youth movement to an online sexual exploitation and to really make people aware of how harmful pornography is.

Well, thank you.

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