Human Trafficking & Sexism

Human Trafficking is also a very important social justice issue. Human Trafficking is the sale, transport and profit from human beings who are forced to work for others. Human Trafficking is the third largest criminal industry in the world. It would be considered to be the modern slavery. Many people all around the world still live in slave conditions. Human Trafficking consists of many things such as prostitution, sweat shops and child soldiers. The Victims of Human Trafficking were most likely tricked by false promises or forced into it. The victims are usually really young most range from the age of eight to eight teen years of age. Sometimes even as young as five years old. The Traffickers take away the human rights of there victims. Once you have been taken and started it is very unlikely that you will escape or be rescued. When the victims arrive to there destination, they are physically and sexually abused and they take away there passport. The victims are sent away in a country and are forced to do services for many clients a day. After that they are sold to another person in a different country and repeat the same cycle again. The victims have a high chance and are probably going to catch a disease such as HIV or AIDS, which is passed on to the clients. These victims have a very high change of dying faster because of what they have been put threw. Trafficking happens because of men around the world that like to make a profit from the exploitation of women and children. The men who Traffic these women and children are making billions of dollars a year. Many of these women and children die each year because of all the abuse that happens. The number of people Trafficked each year would be in the millions. Human Trafficking is growing each and everyday and it is a huge human rights crises.

-Froso G-