About / Gems Vision
In 1998, Rachel Lloyd founded GEMS to give the girls and young women of NYC who had been commercially sexually exploited a place for support and a place to create positive change in their lives. Our vision is to end the commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of children and young women.
How We Serve Survivors
Educational Initiatives
Court Advocacy
Holistic Case Management
Transitional & Supportive Housing
How We Empower Survivors
We created The Survivor Leadership Institute and Resource Center (SLI) to help change the way girls and young women who have been in the life are seen by the world. The SLI helps survivors of CSEC and domestic trafficking learn to become leaders in their own life.
Our Impact
Our work works. And we have the numbers to prove it.
For July 2018, our Educational Initiative program had 122 participants:
were enrolled in college
are pursuing a GED/TASC
were enrolled in high school
Help Us Fight Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking
There are numerous ways to help GEMS fight for a world where girls are not for sale:
Donate $25 to provide
a member with toiletries
for a month
Donate clothes, perishables and household items to help
Survivors on their journey
Get creative
with fundraising
opportunities
TRAINING
We provide training and technical assistance to agencies and institutions across the US that work with at risk youth, victims and survivors of domestic trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.
Want GEMS at Your Next Conference?
GEMS' staff, along with our founder and CEO Rachel Lloyd, are available for presentations, workshops, and keynotes at your next conference.
