“People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used.” -unknown. This quote helps explain how people are being used as if they were objects in the depths of Asia. Human trafficking has been an ongoing problem in Asia and is prevalent even today. Human Trafficking is defined as the action or practice of illegally transporting people from one country or area to another, typically for the purposes of forced labour or commercial sexual exploitation. Most everyone knows that human trafficking is real, but do they know it’s depth and how real it really is? To stop the proliferative growth of human trafficking in Asia, one needs to spread …show more content…
When one thinks of human trafficking, they more often than not think of forced sex by women. On the other hand, there is labor trafficking, another branch of human trafficking, which is actually in more demand. Victims are taken for all sorts of labor such as domestic services, factory work, and sweat shops. Many of these people being taken for prostitution and servitude are poor and malnourished, making them an easy target. By providing free services to help these victims, one is allowing education to be equally spread to the people who need it, not only to those who can afford it. According to Michelle Simon in the article “5 Prevailing causes of Human Trafficking” (2012) “Traffickers look for people who are susceptible to coercion into the human trafficking industry. Those people tend to be migrants, fleeing their homes either because of economic hardship, natural disasters, conflict or political instability. The displacement of populations increases individuals’ emotional vulnerability, and frequently they do not have the financial support to protect themselves.” (para.5). This further explains how this theory of being poverty-stricken directly ties to a cause of human trafficking. This in turn means that the asian people will be assisted by having this …show more content…
government to search for the traffickers in Asia by providing courses that civilians can take to know what to do in case they are ever get involved in human trafficking. Also, sending volunteers over to Asia to spread the awareness of human trafficking and the U.S. involvement would help to decrease the amount of men, women, and children being taken. There are human trafficking hotlines in Asia to report and stop human trafficking. Again, these are not widely known and therefore can not always do their jobs. One of these places or ‘hotlines’ is the ZOE. According to “Human Trafficking Hotline” on gozoe.org (n.d.) “ZOE receives over 200 calls a year on its human trafficking hotline. ZOE’s Child Rescue (ZCR) department members are Thai citizens who speak a variety of languages (Thai, Karen, Burmese, etc.)” (para. 2). Even though they do collect on average 200 calls a year, that is only a speck to the thousands of people actually taken in Asia every year. By spreading awareness in ways such as annual conventions and advertising, people will become more aware of the existing problem. By giving the people of Asia the knowledge and the ability to prevent such an attack, the course of human trafficking will presumably
Human trafficking is a public health problem within the United States and Internationally. The victims subjected to the lifestyle of human trafficking can have sexually transmitted disease, HIV virus, and AIDS. It is an estimated 30,000 victims of human sex trafficking dying each year from abuse, disease, torture, and neglect. According, to U.S. government an estimates, of 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders annually, and up to 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States each year (Hodge, 2008). “According to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), over the past 30 years, over 30 million children have been sexually exploited through human trafficking” (Random Facts, 2015, para. 24).
As extensive humans being have been on earth, there has been some method of awfulness present. Have you ever felt alone with nobody there to help you? Have you ever felt the pressure to preform or face getting beat or threatened to be killed? This is a life that people all around the world have to face because of human trafficking. Different types of human cruelty include parental and spousal abuse, genocide, racial discrimination, and bullying. These are all techniques of mistreatment that stand out in one’s mind. However, there is one type of mistreatment that people may forget is human trafficking. Human trafficking is a horrible association where victims are controlled and abused by others. This type of growing business of trafficking has become a difficulty that concerns practically each country in the world. Some countries are making changes though it has seen small to no achievement. The craving for people to kidnap innocent people and put them in exertion for their own revenue needs to be put to end. Human trafficking is problematic because of the manner it destroys innocent people and the demand for such trafficking to be a force it produces a huge problem that needs to become a top priority for governments around the world. Trafficking innocent people is a criminal industry that revenues from enslaving people for sexual servitude and forced labor. There is absence of resources towards this matter that makes defined statistics almost difficult to gather. Human trafficking has a massive absence of awareness. Without funding for human trafficking makes working towards a solution very difficult. Without correct funds to place an end towards human trafficking. This demonstrate that there are many methods to get into the trafficking business and that people should be conscious that there are individuals out there that will take a harmless person.
Human trafficking is a criminal activity that has risen to be the second largest after drug trafficking. According to the International Labor Organization, 21 million people globally are victims of trafficking involving forced labor and sexual exploitation (Merry, 2015). There is no doubt that human trafficking is an evil that requires robust countermeasures to combat it. However, there are popular myths about human trafficking that do not only distorts a proper understanding of the problem but also hampers efforts to combat it. This paper describes two myths about human trafficking and challenges these myths with the aim of creating awareness about the truth surrounding human trafficking for better actions towards combating it.
Human Trafficking is the exploitation of men, women, and children in order to gain a monetary benefit from the involuntary sex acts the victims are forced to commit. Trafficking rings are usually run by one pimp or a family of pimps that charm the victim by offering them a better future of love and promise. However, this life does not consist of those charming promises. As the testimonies below will show, human trafficking may be stated as a good monetary business and life choice, but instead, trafficking violates human rights and leaves victims isolated from those who love them, and rejected by the world that does little to protect them.
Human trafficking, or the selling and buying of people, is a well-hidden yet prominent issue within today’s society. It is both an immoral and horrific topic that needs brought to attention and dealt with. When human beings are manipulated into work, sexual servitude, or economic hardship, human trafficking is occurring. In the year of 2006, only one individual is convicted of human trafficking per 800 victims (UNGIFT). By looking at straight statistics, reasons human trafficking happens, and the toll it has on people, it is very clear that this is a major issue that is happening in our world.
Human trafficking has received increasing global attention over the past decade. Trafficking of women and girls for forced sex work and, to a lesser extent, domestic servitude, were the sole focus of advocacy and assistance. There is recognition in today’s society that women, children, and men are trafficked into many different forms of labour, and for sexual exploitation. In her article, “Understanding and Addressing Violence Against Women”, Cathy Zimmerman and Heidi Stockl focus on the commonality of human trafficking and how evident it is in everyday life. They bring in the health effects and possible solutions to human trafficking to help validate their opinion and argument. In the solutions they offer, Zimmerman and Stockl shine a light on policy-makers/decision-makers, health-care providers, and researchers/funders and what each of these groups of people can do to help combat the issue of human trafficking. In a quote from their article, Stockl and Zimmerman say: “Health care providers and organizations involved with trafficked persons should increase their capacity to identify and refer people in trafficking situations and provide sensitive and safe services to people post-trafficking”. This quote shows how Zimmerman and Stockl believe human trafficking should be combated by caring and talking to those affected by the issue but how they also believe awareness should be made about human trafficking so as to allow people surrounding the issue to identify and help victims of this issue. Zimmerman and Stockl’s view on the ways human trafficking should be combatted relate to those of Soroptimist due to the fact that the two groups of people are focused mainly on helping women and girls who have been trafficked and trying to get them to a better life after getting out of the trafficking situation. Both groups focus on helping men as well, providing options to help them such as raising money and awareness, and getting educated on being able to identify victims of human trafficking.
“Globalization influences human trafficking as traffickers take advantage of new transparent borders, broadband communication, and economic upheaval to prey on those most vulnerable … people are largely defined by their economic worth, and since the most vulnerable have only their bodies to sell (labor … sex) … human beings become commodities and victims” (Burke 2013). Additionally, chapter four defines population and migration as an explanation for human trafficking. As the world’s population increases dramatically, there are many poor and vulnerable individuals who are forced to find a way to survive. “Traffickers are resourceful, inventive, and opportunistic, and can find a way to manipulate … population growth … there is an increase in the supply of potential victims who traffickers can exploit and from whom they can profit” (Burke 2013). Victims are driven into human trafficking because they are unable to sustain themselves living in poverty, or are vulnerable as an immigrant or refugee.
Women and children leave home in search of better lives and that makes them vulnerable to traffickers (Haerens 28). Traffickers lead their victims to believe that they would have a better life than before. One of the biggest offer traffickers present to their victims is that they will have a job if they go with them, but in the end, they will probably not end up with a paying job (Petriligieri 3). Traffickers offer many other solutions such as a bright future, better standard of living, sense of belonging and love (Pittaro 3). People living in impoverished areas do not have the same opportunity to get an education as we, in the United States, do (“Global Recession” 1). In the Philippines they “sweet talk” the parents to allow their daughters to leave their homes and work in Manila as “domestic helpers with promises of huge salaries that they would be able to send back home to help their families” (“Human Trafficking Is Caused” 1). Once they get there, they end up in forced labor or prostitution ( Haerens
Human trafficking is a modern-day multibillion slavery business, involving victims who are kidnapped, smuggled and/or recruited then forced into slavery, labor and/or sexual exploitation. The primary cause of human trafficking is poverty. It is a global epidemic sweeping the nations and has been for years. It is more prevalent in third world countries, yet it is occurring all over the world. Traffickers make an income and a way of living from offering humans for slavery, labor, and sexual exploitation. According to Equality Now, “At least 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide into commercial sexual servitude, forced
All over the world adults and children are victims of trafficking each year. These victims are in dangerous situations. Every year human trafficking continues to grow and expand every year. It is almost never ending. These victims are tortured and abused and they are being considered slaves. Many women and children
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She’s the girl who’s running away from her abusive past, the one who is impoverished and looking for a way to make ends meet, or perhaps, she’s the girl who naively fell in love with the wrong man. Regardless of the reasons, there are nearly 30 million victims of human trafficking globally. There are more slaves now than ever before. Trafficking of persons is not a subject that should be ignored or taken lightly. In order to fully understand the enormity of this crisis, we will examine the root causes, facts, and the impact of human trafficking throughout the world.
Human trafficking is prevalent throughout the world, especially in Asia and more specifically in China but the government and non-governmental organizations (NGO) are taking measures to put an end to it. Human trafficking involves exploitation of human beings; either sexually or by coercing them to work in unfavourable conditions for little pay or nothing at all. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) defines human trafficking as “the acquisition of people by improper means such as force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them.” Women and children, especially girls between the ages of fourteen and twenty constitute the majority of victims of human trafficking. “China is a source, transit and destination country
Northeast Asia consists of _______ countries, therefore, for the purpose of this assignment, the group has identified three countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan as a case from which to illustrate the current realities of the baby and child trafficking situation in Northeast Asia. This is especially given the strong economic connections and historical animosity between them. In addition, China and Japan are specially chosen because as a rising power in the Asia-Pacific, its approach to security and economics has the wide-ranging impact on other states in the region, and as such, highly coveted generalizations can be made insofar as this characteristic is expressed. While South Korea and Taiwan was chosen based on security issue
One of the biggest global issues that the world faces today is human trafficking. When most people think of human trafficking their minds automatically think just about sex trafficking like prostitutes, but it entails way more than just that. The definition for human trafficking is, “Trafficking in Persons as the recruitment, transportation, or receipt of persons, by means of a threat, other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, or the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.” (McLaughlin) This means that human trafficking not only encompasses sex trafficking but also includes labor trafficking and even slavery. The topic is considered a global issue because it affects people from all over the world every single day. It does not discriminate by gender, age, or race and it is more common than people want to