Violence Against Women

“Sexual harassment is defined as any unwanted action or activity of a sexual nature that explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, performance, or work environment” (Robbins, Decenzo & Coulter, 2011). According to the EEOC, “Harassment can include “sexual harassment” or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other

“Domestic violence is a type of abuse by one or both partners in marriage, friends, family, dating or cohabitation” (Aziz & Mahmoud, 2010). There are many forms of abuse from verbal and emotional to physical that often escalates over time in intensity for the victim. Data from the criminal justice system, hospital patient medical records and mental health records, police reports, surveys and social services reports of thousands of women revealed that many are injured and killed as a result of violence from someone close to them. “The US Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) defines domestic violence as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender” (Robertson & Murachver, 2009). Researchers and the criminal justice system have not been able to agree on a clear definition to domestic violence which can range from physical injury, stalking, verbal abuse and humiliation, denial of shelter and access to money, and intimidation through aggressive behaviors. The definition of domestic violence may vary but the results from physical injury, mental and emotional trauma, and sometimes even death can last a life time.

The illegal trade and exploitation of human beings for forced labor, prostitution and reproductive favors is defined as human trafficking. Human trafficking is a global issue and is second only to the international drug trade in regards to organized crime. Many reports say that, it is a multi-billion dollar business affecting several million people in every country across the world. The two main types of human trafficking are: human sex trafficking, and forced labor, both making up what society describes as “modern-day slavery.”

Sexual harassment is discrimination that involves any uninvited comments, exploits, or behavior regarding sex, gender, or sexual orientation. If any type of violation is made by a co-worker, a boss, a work acquaintance, or even a non-employee such as a client, vendor, or contractor, this will be considered unlawful sexual harassment within the work environment. Sexual harassment can create a hostile and uneasy work environment. Sexual harassment includes inappropriate verbal advances, unwelcomed physical behavior that creates an aggressive, hostile, intimidating or malicious work environment for employees. Sexual harassment includes sending suggestive e-mails, notes, and

Societies who failed to acknowledge marital violence to be a violation of women’s human rights, blamed women who are beaten or abused by their intimate partner (Francine Pickup, 2007). Thus making them to feel guilty as they were responsible for choosing the wrong partner (HRSC, 2014). As such they choose to remain silent about their abuse and do not look for legal remedies because they believed it is their fault for being abused (HRSC, 2014). Women may accept to be victimized by men’s violence because they have continuously witnessed their mother, and other female relatives assuming this role. Many women also concealed their abused because they feared stigmatization, rejection and social exile by their families and communities until their

Human trafficking, the term just brings to mind images of forced labor,enslavement, and many other terrible things. Human trafficking is the sale and trade of people, typically for the purpose of sexual slavery or forced labor (Shukla). According to Eleanor Goldberg of The Huffington Post, even though they may seem similar, slavery and human trafficking are two different things, human trafficking is when one is recruited, provided, or obtained for the purpose of exploitation, often sold for monetary gain. There are around twenty-seven million victims globally today, the highest recorded number of slaves in history and out of all of them, only 108,000 (.4%) are identified and freed from enslavement. The human trafficking industry is the third largest criminal industry falling only behind drug smuggling and arms dealing. (“10 Facts About Human Trafficking Everyone Should Know”) While the trafficking industry is such a large criminal enterprise, it relies heavily on women and children. Women are the primary targets of human trafficking, making up around sixty-six percent of the victims forced into human trafficking, children make up about twenty-two percent, and men make up around twelve percent (Shukla). Human trafficking is not a new concept or issue, slavery has been around for as long as civilization has been in existence, recorded slavery has been around at least since the 1400’s. This has become more and more of a prevalent and very media-covered epidemic in

Human trafficking is a serious issue that has existed since the beginning of time. As the US State Department defines it, human trafficking is, “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery” (Smith). In other words, human trafficking is like modern-day slavery. Victims of trafficking are often abducted and forced into labor.

Human trafficking is the illegal transfering of people for sexual needs or money, it is closely related to sex trafficking. Sex trafficking usually affects young kids and teenagers and can ruin their lives if not helped from the beginning and or seek a person that can talk with them and help them mentally. Human trafficking is currently not a big deal to people, people think it is not as big of a problem as it is proclaimed, but organizations are working to help and get the word out to spread awareness on signs to look for and to report anything you may see or hear.

Human trafficking is a prevalent issue in today’s day and age, more than we think. It is putting to work young people for far more hours than they should, with a much lower pay than normal. I learned that human trafficking are the migrants behind the scenes, delivering food to big box companies like Costco and Walmart. Not only that, most of the workers are minorities, Asian, Mexican, African. The trafficking workers are denied the rights of protection, and the bosses have no issue threatening them. Forced prostitution takes a huge chunk of human trafficking weighing in at 22%. 68% of human trafficking is the labor put into making and transporting the things we end up buying in stored. It is a scam that companies put out to gain more workers.

Human trafficking is organized crime where human beings are controlled and exploited (Merriam-Webster).  Despite slavery being illegal in the United States and countless countries around the world, human trafficking known as the "modern slavery" still exists both domestically and internationally.  There are multiple forms of human trafficking such as forced labor, sex trafficking, child exploitation, organ and tissue trafficking, and people smuggling (INTERPOL).  Specifically looking at sex trafficking there are issues in ensuring that individuals can lead successful lives in the aftermath of victimization.  Sex trafficking is defines as sexual exploitation of an individual 's body in exchange for money or goods.  Often these victims are

Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery that supplies human beings for prostitution, sweatshop labor, domestic work, marriage, agricultural work, armed conflicts (child soldiers), and other forms of labor or services (Advances in Human Resources). Many people think this is a problem only foreign countries have to face. The reality is that human trafficking occurs in every country. In fact, the United States is one of the top ten destinations for human trafficking operations – there have been reports of trafficking in over 90 U.S. cities (Hidden in Plain Sight). It is important to note that people of all races, ages, and genders are vulnerable to this phenomenon. According to the article Hidden in Plain Sight by Stephanie Hepburn, “Women and girls make up 56% of persons trafficked for the purposes of forced labor while men and boys make up 44%. In terms of those trafficked for the purposes of forced commercial sexual exploitation, women and girls make up 98% and men and boys comprise 2%. Lastly, children constitute 40–50% of the overall forced labor population.” When most people think of human trafficking, they think that prostitution is the main moneymaker for those committing the crime. However, it seems that more and more of the operations are set to put people to work doing rigorous agricultural, construction, or other types of work. “There are 12.3 million victims of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation worldwide at any given time. Forty-three

Sexual harassment is an uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, especially by a person in authority toward a subordinate, as per the Merriam-Webster dictionary. This behavior is present in a large number in our societies and we can see such situations at many places, from every day workplaces to daily encounters. A person can be harassed in different manners and it has several consequences on the victims. Sexual assault is still a concern in our daily life and has yet to be generally recognized and it should be prevented.

Throughout the world human trafficking became a major issue. Human trafficking is the trade of a person for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or even commercial sexual exploitation by traffickers. Trafficker does not care how old you are, all they see you as is a way to make money at a quick rate. The most vulnerable victims are women and young children. After they sell you to whoever they can care less what happens to you. This illegal activity are allowing people to control others. Human trafficking should be abolished.

Sexual Harassment is defined as “unwelcomed verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is

There has been violence toward women throughout the world since the existence of human beings. Violence is when a man is taking some sort of action to take control of the victim and in the result the person is left psychologically and physically damaged and living in fear. Also the development of the person’s personality and leading a normal life is harmed. One of the worst type of violence is acid throwing which is also sometimes referred to as “crime of passion”. The reason for it usually is revenge or jealousy or a refusal by a woman to a man. There have been approximately 1,500 cases related to acid violence according to Acid Survivors Trust in India in one year. The United Kingdom, United States and others have had experiences with cases involving acid, but Bangladesh and India have the highest rates of acid attacks. This type of attack leaves the victim disfigured and psychologically and physically harmed and in some way handicapped.