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ABOUT THE RESEARCH PARTNERS <br /> ARIZONA STATEUNIVERSITY, 1 TRAFFICKING INTI TI <br /> RESEARCH (ASU STIR) <br /> Founded in 2013, ASU STIR is a center for human trafficking research innovation. ASU STIR staff <br /> and partners includes social science researchers, survivor-leaders, and graduate and undergraduate <br /> students. The goal of ASU STIR's research is to develop human trafficking specific research and <br /> evaluation activities for data driven decision making regarding victim detection, intervention, and <br /> treatment. ASU STIR supports the development of clinical interventions, awareness programs, <br /> screenings, policy creation, and treatment/program evaluation. <br /> Dr. Roe-Sepowitz, the Director of the ASU STIR Office, has conducted evaluation, intervention, and <br /> incidence research on human trafficking for the past 15 years. Dr. Roe-Sepowitz has presented for <br /> the U.S. State Department as an expert on human trafficking and has been invited to the White <br /> House twice for expert work groups on human trafficking. Dr. Roe-Sepowitz has been selected to <br /> participate in workgroups on human trafficking by the United Nations University, U.S. Substance <br /> Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the U.S. Office of Victims of Crime, the U.S. <br /> Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Dr. Rae-Sepowitz is <br /> the clinical director of Phoenix Starfish Place, is the coordinator of the Phoenix 1st Step pop-up <br /> Drop-in Center for sex trafficked and prostituted persons. Dr. Roe-Sepowitz has published 3S peer <br /> reviewed journal articles and over a dozen technical reports on human trafficking. <br /> HAWAI'I COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (HSCSW) <br /> HSCSW is a statewide feminist government agency that works toward equality for women and girls <br /> in the state by acting as a catalyst for positive change through advocacy, education, collaboration <br /> and program development. The goal of research at HSCSW is to counteract existing oppressive <br /> gender systems that are strengthened by the commercial sex industry and to lead a just, humane <br /> transition away from this destructive industry. <br /> Khara Jabola-Carolus is the executive director of Ka Komikina Kulana Olakino o Na Wahine (Hawai`i <br /> State Commission on the Status of Women), a statewide feminist government agency which recently <br /> led Hawaii to become the first and only state to allow any person with a prostitution record to <br /> vacate their conviction — except for sex buyers and pimps. Previously, Khara was the Hawaii public <br /> affairs director at Strategies 360, the largest political strategist firm in the western United States. <br /> Khara also directed the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, where she passed landmark <br /> legislation that extended driven licenses to undocumented immigrants. She earned her Juris Doctor <br /> from the University of Hawaii with a specialization in Native Hawaiian law. She is a mother of two <br /> sons, Laguna Kekipi and Halepueo Kupa`a. Her family is from Laguna, Philippines. <br /> SEX TRAFFICKING IN HAWAII I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 02 <br />