Katie Godkin's Contact Details

Katie Godkin's Company Details

Batey Rehab Project Inc

N/A, N/A, US • 20 - 49 Employees
City Government/Municipal Government

Batey Rehab Project provides care, housing, education, vocational training, employment and protection for the most vulnerable population of women and girls in the Dominican Republic. We are dedicated to creating sustainable solutions to fight poverty, human trafficking, and domestic violence. We empower at-risk women and girls to transform their own lives.Destination paradise to over 6.1 million tourists each year. Tourism, one of the pillars of the Dominican economy continues to generate estimated revenues of US$6.8 Billion each year. Behind this façade lies a country with the third fastest growing sex trafficking industry in the world. Sex trafficking has become one of the pillars of the Dominican economy, generating more than tourism at a shocking US$9.5 billion each year. The Dominican Republic is a source, transit and destination point for human trafficking. Femicide is now the primary cause of death among women of reproductive age in the Dominican Republic. 1 in 4 women in the Dominican Republic have faced sexual violence before the age of 15. 4 out of 5 minors who are victims of sexual abuse are under 15 years of age. With only two shelters operated by the government nationwide, there is inadequate protection for these victims of violence.