Human Traficking and Female Sex Slaves

Human trafficking is one of the many faces of organized crime. Human trafficking is a broad term which contains trafficking for the purpose of sex along with the exploitation of labor. Currently, there are 20.9 million victims of sex slavery (Stacy.j.cecchet 2014 482) whom have or are suffering suffer inhumane circumstances and consequences. Sex trafficking is one of the largest criminal activities in the world (Stacy 249). Vulnerable women and children are taken advantage of and thrown into sex slavery, yet there is no explanation available as to how women and children are taken and thrown into the industry within countries such as Canada and the United States of America (482 Stacy j Cecchet 2014), which have human rights protection. Sex slavery leaves everlasting mental and physical effects on the abused women and children being trafficked. Even though sex trafficking is a crime it is also, for a lack of better words, an industry which would cease to exist if it was not for the supply and demand for women and children.

Women and children who are being sexually exploited are often found in the urban areas of Thailand, but even rural areas have a share of commercial sex workers (Lau, June 2008). The Thai society is extremely male dominated as men are considered superior to women and hold the government and societal power (Vejar & Quach, May 2013). Foreign investors have a great deal of power in Thailand as the country has become more dependent tourism and manufacturing rather than the traditional small farm economy (Geary & Meyer, June 1993).

During the film, I was able to hear the victims’ account of what happened to them as the portrayed their encounter with sex trafficking as well as their families experience. The youth remained anonyms for their own protection but, consisted of young girls in their early to middle teens. The girls were unanimous in their explanation as to why they would participate in the documentary, where they would be at risk of unmasking their identity. They didn’t want any other children to be sexually exploited, and have to live through the suffering that they have and continue to undergo. The consistent theme heard in the girls’ and their families’ stories was that their lives are forever changed. Before being trafficked, the girls were described as bright, vibrant, happy young ladies and after they are portrayed as broken, angry, and isolated. A representation that their innocence was lost. It was very heartbreaking to hear the trauma the youth underwent, as they described physical abuse and the use of drugs to control them. They were sold for sex up to 20 times a day without any choice but to comply. The mothers described how they felt when they first saw their children on the web page Backpage.com for sale. It was devastating. I couldn’t even image having to see my children in that type imagery being sold for sex. Once their babies returned home it was an adjustment. They blamed themselves as parents for letting this happen to their children. The youth also blamed themselves, they

She explains how human trafficking is more than sexual acts. It is also sweatshop work, organ transplants, and agricultural. Most women did not look like they do in the media: beaten, bruised, and with a black eye. She said this trip was a very humbling experience. She had to build trust with the people there, especially because she was different than them. Human trafficking is looked at in many ways; for example, globalization, economics, gender, human rights, and organized crime. On one of her trips in 2011 she collected women’s stories. Many women live in poverty but that does not mean that they were all trafficked. One quote that really stands out from her is “We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process to change the world…” . Sister Angela Reed’s speech reflected Mercy Week’s theme of Make Mercy Real because she talked about how we as students can make a difference, or show mercy to those in need. Although I only went to two events, they all correlate with each other because of the theme, make mercy

f the world. It is the largest source of sex slaves sent to the U.S. Young girls and women are kidnapped by men who trick, threaten and seduce them into working in the sex trade. The Pimps most of the time threatens to kill their families and/or children. Pimps seduce and make these young girls fall in love, then those boyfriends or fiancés pretend they are taking these girls to meet the parents then just kidnap them. Women get tricked the most by promising a good paying job maybe in a different city or even in a different country. With them wanting a better paying job or future they agree on taking the job not knowing they will be forced to prostitution. Some women are forced to see 30 to 60 men a day, some clients being police men. With clients being police men, the women believe they have no one to run to for help. They feel trapped thinking of the danger they can put their families in and knowing they can’t trust anyone to help them. Only 17 of the 3,000 to 5,000 pimps in Tenancingo were convicted in Mexico between 2010-2013. There are an estimated 20,000 trafficking victims in Mexico every year.

Human sex trafficking is one of the fastest growing and most insidious man made epidemics, coming only after the criminal industry of black market drug-trade. Perpetrators of human trafficking prey upon and agonize our most vulnerable members of society. These unprotected people are our men, women, children, who experiencing an institutional lack of resources. These individuals

Smith shows the audience stories on how the law enforcement gets involved in protecting the victims that get stuck doing human trafficking. Human trafficking is forced on the victims it is not something they want to get involved with. Smith tells the audience that human trafficking does exist in America, it is not something that people talk about or know about. Smith tries to get the stories from law enforcement point of view to the topic of human trafficking. She also gets stories of victims who go through the sex trafficking and how their pimps convert them into

The fact that half of the slaves in the world are children shows the scale at which traffickers exploit the vulnerability of youth. It also shows how many children deserving of care and guidance are left to fend for themselves because of poverty, conflicts, or other factors out of their control. There is a disturbing lack of assistance and support for the millions of children who need it. None of the organizations shown in the documentary were specifically focused on helping children, something that is clearly needed in many regions of the world. However, the organizations that were shown employed effective tactics for helping victims. For example, the making of jewelry in Thailand by former sex trafficking victims is successful because it allows them to take control over what they are doing and begin to feel proud and productive. One of the women said she went from being ashamed to holding her head high. A major factor of recovery that Night Light focuses on is the psychological healing that must occur in order for victims to truly come back from the terribly experiences they faced. The aftermath of trafficking is a complex and multifaceted issue that

Prior to reading the first assignment for this class, I knew a fair amount about human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. I obtained my limited knowledge on human trafficking and commercial exploitation by three main sources: documentaries, unchained collection, and community service. I have watched a number of documentaries on Netflix and YouTube as well about women forced into the sex industry through human trafficking. These documentaries allow people to put a face to commercial sexual exploitation, thus making it more personal. My mother thought that it would be a good idea to take my siblings and I to a human sex trafficking program in Nashville called the Unchained Movement. The Unchained Movement was essentially a group of actors portraying sex traffickers, pimps, victims of sex trafficking, etc. This program was extremely eye-opening and

“The terms human trafficking and sex slavery usually conjure up images of young girls beaten and abused in faraway places, like Eastern Europe, Asia, or Africa. Actually, human sex trafficking and sex slavery happen locally in cities and towns, both large and small, throughout the United States, right in citizens’ backyards. Appreciating the magnitude of the problem requires first understanding what the issue is and what it is not. Additionally, people must be able to identify the victim in common trafficking situations” (Walker-Rodriguez & Hill 2011). Otherwise, what you assume to be a dad carrying away a toddler throwing a temper tantrum, could really be a trafficker, kidnapping a new victim. Or that girl you spot down, who looks not much older than 15, following the man in a smart business suit could be silently begging for help, because she desperately doesn’t want to do this again.

Feminism is not a homogenous group as many mistakenly believe. There are numerous feminist perspective. In this essay I am only going to use three and they are intersectional feminism, liberal feminism, and radical feminism. When it comes to sex trafficking they each has vastly different and seemly contrasting approaches. For example, liberal feminism is big on agency. Agency is the ability to make ones' own choice. Liberal feminist

Through the years Human Trafficking- Domestic Servitude have become a more prevalent issue as travel improves as well as technology, causing more children to be taken from their homes and forced into labor every day. Georgia realizes it plays a part in this problem as it serves as a connector to the middle east and eastern Europe. Georgia also realizes that ethnic conflicts, and the problems that they create, help to not only tear nations apart but also families as well. We also recognize the cost of ethnic wars to the world as civilians are displaced and billions of dollars are lost worldwide each year. To combat these two topics we as a nation have come up with the solutions of heavier consequences for both topics as well as education

The leaders of trafficking rings plan out complex and convoluted methods to first trick the victim, then get her into the destination country, and finally to keep her complacent enough to stay in that country and not alert officials. Because of this, conviction of traffickers is very difficult and according to SIWSAG, the Sex Worker Safety Action Group of Vancouver, there have only ever been five convictions for domestic sex trafficking in Canada, and no international trafficking convictions (2009). This shows both a need for more police attention to the matter and better resources for trafficked women to encourage their escape from bondage and to begin rehabilitation.

She said that people will go to an unknown car if a stranger promises them a job and better accommodations. This was shocking to me because growing up you learn not to go into a stranger’s car, but it seems the conditions are so bad that they will go to escape this lifestyle. Another thing that shocks me was the fact that people are sold off by family’s friends. I was wondering what kind of person could sell off someone like that. Another weird thing that happened in the documentary was a family who didn’t seem to concern that their daughters were sold off for the third time. I don’t think there was bias in this documentary because the investigator explores different counties in Europe. She also talks to many people about the trafficking issue to have many points of views on the topic. The fact that the documentary was primarily footage of the community known for trafficking and interviews the documentary that helped with the historical accuracy of the film. I also was happy that during the credits the documentary included what happened to some of the people who appear in the

The right to fair wages and reasonable working hours and days to rest are all recognized by International on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (IICESCR). According to the Human Rights report entitled "Owed Justice" the women interviewed were "given no compensation at all for months or longer, while they worked excessively long hours - without days off for rest or, in some cases, denied them access to health services, and medication; compelled them to accept physically abusive clients; and coerced them into performing sexual services without condoms, exposing them to the risk of contract HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases." Women were constantly under surveillance and due to the threats of some type of retaliation if they tried to escape from their captors the frightened women. The women in Juarez need the work badly and will work in any type of condition necessary to sustain employment. Many of the theories held in the murders come from the women being photographed for their ID card and then being picked from those photos for trafficking