The Movement Activity : End Human Trafficking

We fail to prevent it, discuss it, or even acknowledge it. However, inaction will only exacerbate a problem that should not be allowed to continue. Gardner-Webb University “Release the Captives” club is an on campus anti-human trafficking club that raises awareness and funding for anti human trafficking organizations. But we still need help. There are a number of ways you can help us in stopping human trafficking: become involved in human anti-trafficking awareness, support any anti-trafficking organization that you feel comfortable with, pray for all (victims, responders, persecutors, and profiteers) involved in human trafficking, and continue to pray that God’s justice will break out in the

“According to UNICEF, every two minutes a child is being prepped for sexual exploitation.” Studies have shown that 1.2 million children are being trafficked each year. “This number excluded the millions already being held hostage by trafficking.” (1).

In the second section of my essay, I will propose mandatory training of law enforcement officials in order to identify victims and ensure that they are not labeled as criminals. I will also emphasize the importance of increasing awareness about the issue of human trafficking among the general public to help rescue victims and prevent trafficking situations. I will explain how victims come into contact with people other than their traffickers but are often unable to directly ask for help. Frequently, women trapped in trafficking have a crippling fear of their trafficker and would not dare to brave the unknown of calling for help, even if

Human trafficking doesn’t happen in third world countries only. It doesn’t just happen to poor people and it certainly doesn’t solely happen to women. It is present here in the USA but it is hidden, and even worse, so are their victims. They are everywhere yet invisible. They are silently crying for our help through their eyes and smiles. According to Polaris, “…the prevalence of sex trafficking in the United States is still unknown, we do know that women, children, and men are being sold for sex against their will in cities and towns in all 50 states”. Human trafficking can happen to anyone even to Theresa Flores, the author of “The slave across the street”(“Sex trafficking” 2015). An average 15 year old American girl, coming from a privileged background and a respected family became a victim of sex trafficking and through her book, she convinces us that human trafficking doesn’t have a specific demographic.

SPECIFIC PURPOSE: At the end of this presentation the audience will be convinced that human trafficking is an issue that they all need to be a part of and take action against so that women and children can be freed from modern day slavery.

Of the 13,325 calls made to the Human Trafficking hotline, 4,546 were made by community members; that is highest amount of calls were made by a single source. By making people aware of the crime, it can help to the spread and vast reach of trafficking. Not only an increase from a decade ago, but also a difference between two years that sees an increase in reported cases and victims. 2016 alone saw 7,572 reported cases of human trafficking, 2015 saw 5,526 cases reported, and 2014 saw 5,042 reported cases. There were 4,293 more reported cases in 2016 than 2012. This data shows an increase in recent years, the data from the human trafficking hotline is as current as for December 31, 2016.(Human Trafficking hotline 1) The recent increase within recent years is putting many people at

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.

Developing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other mental complications can be a result of how traffickers gained and kept their victims (Background). Compassion could be used to affect the mental stability causing a victim to feel helpless, humiliated, insecure, and to mistrust others with the fear of returning to sex trafficking (Deshpande). Women and girls can also be playing psychological games with the traffickers, they can make the victims disoriented and confused when they scatter the victims all around the world. Addictions of alcohol and drugs can be used by the victims to help calm themselves or the addiction can be forced upon the victims. Physical violence and forced sex leave numerous mental and physical scars. The lasting effects include, STDs, head trauma, unwanted pregnancies, miscarriages, forced abortions, mutilations, and sicknesses that comes from bad conditions the victims are kept in (Deshpande). These effects on victims need to be treated right away so it does not badly affect their future. Deshpande explains why victims need to be treated as soon as possible,

Sex trafficking is the second biggest transnational crime behind drug trafficking. This major crime occurs every day and many times in plain sight. Sex trafficking, also referred to as human trafficking, is a widespread crime that sells and forces vulnerable people to have sex. The average child between the ages of 11-14 years old are recruited for prostitution in the U.S (Sex Trafficking, 2014). This has become a global issue within the last decade affecting just about every country. The United States is the primary destination for trafficked victims from other countries. More should be done to heighten the awareness of the public to this growing problem in our country. The following will discuss the general characteristics

This article contends that despite the passing of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act and improvement in the provision of services for victims of human trafficking, most research has been directed towards adults rather than children. The authors found that aggregated data gathered from a multitude of international and domestic studies reveal that aid and rehabilitation for child victims of sex trafficking is truly nonexistent and that many victims end up being forced into the juvenile justice system or receiving inadequate treatment mental health treatment. The authors discuss the situation further by examining the publications available covering information about child sexual abuse and child maltreatment. While each of these

Many people believe that girls who fall victims to sex trafficking are dumb and should be able to avoid falling victims, however that is not true. Most pimps use different manipulation tactics to get their girls. Most traffickers go through go through three main phases with their girls to make sure she will not leave (Linn 1). The first stage

It’s terrifying to know that there are unsolvable issues beyond and in our own cities. As we turn on our local news channels, we often see bolded headlines that contain events in which someone has been abducted, beaten, and even murdered. We observe the effects of evil from our living room and wish there was a way to better the issues that feel heavy with our hearts. We begin to dread the days that follow because we fear the next headline will be news of a loved one. It reaches a point where everything feels as if it has collapsed inside and there is no fix. Human trafficking is one out of many of those issues, but with the help of those who feel lost and weak because of it, we can try to scare off any further occurrences by taking action

Today it is not rare to turn on your T.V. to the news and seeing or hearing something about human trafficking at least once per year. Many of us have heard this term or have some idea of what it is; child trafficking is “a crime involving the movement of children for the purpose of their exploitation” (TECL, 2007, pg. 1).  A child can be considered a victim of child trafficking if he or she “has been moved within a country, or across borders, whether by force or not, with the purpose of exploiting the child” (TECL, 2007,

Human trafficking includes more than sex and labor abuse, victims are also used as slaves, used to pay off the abductor’s debt, and often for their organs. People are being abducted from the streets and threatened. Many immigrants are led to believe they are getting a better life, but are truly becoming victims to human trafficking through coercion. Victims are usually children, women, and those living in poverty. Seventy-nine percent of all cases are women that are used for sexual exploitation (Majeed & Malik, 2017). Although, children, women, those stricken by poverty, and immigrants tend to be easier targets for these criminals, no one is excluded from the possibility of becoming a victim of human trafficking. Families are living in fear. It is important that the severity of this social problem becomes a high priority to everyone for awareness and solutions. Children are being abducted and harmed, some never return home.

Human trafficking occurs when thousands of women, men and children are forcibly transported from their country to another country illegally. Their traffickers may abduct or decept them in means to use them as sexual exploitation or forced labour to get goods and money in return. This is a common issue all over the world, in countries like Africa, Asia, the United States and many more. According to the data provided from the National Human Hotline, In 2016 the percentage of human trafficking in the United States rose to 35.7. Even though that was last year, it still continues to drastically increase this year based on the 26,727 human trafficking calls and 7,572 cases being reported. Clearly, the issue has not disappeared and has not  improved. Human Trafficking has been defined as Modern Day Slavery for many years, but the real concerns about the issue should be why it’s happening in the first place, who is responsible for it and what to do to alter it.