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Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation
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The Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation (CEASE), previously known as the Prostitution Action and Awareness Foundation of Edmonton (PAAFE), is a nonprofit organization that helps human trafficking victims, sex workers, and the homeless by providing them with resources. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The main problem that generates the social issues that CEASE seeks to address is the demand created by johns for prostitution. Kate Quinn is the organization's executive director. Kathy King was previously the acting head. When a repeat sex offender was released from jail in Edmonton in February of 2012, CEASE helped spread the word among potential victims. In conjunction with performances of Andrew Kooman's human-trafficking-related play She Has a Name, a human trafficking survivor named Norma represented CEASE on discussion panels that took place in Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer. Norma had previously been sexually trafficked by the Grim Reapers Motorcycle Club starting at the age of twelve.
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