The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight will hold a hearing Wednesday on violence against women.
One of the topics will be sex trafficking.
Linda Smith, founder of Shared Hope International, will testify.
Shared Hope International works to prevent sex trafficking, rescue those already caught in sex slavery and restore victims of trauma through skills training and economic freedom.
Samantha Vardaman, senior director at Shared Hope International, said America is one of the leaders in dealing with the problem.
"The issue of physical and psychological trauma that's inflicted on the victims of sex trafficking is enormous," she said, "and can't be underestimated as a form of violence against women."
Panelists scheduled to appear at the hearing include actress Nicole Kidman, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Breakthrough Founder and Executive Director Mallika Dutt.
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