Human Trafficking – Putting An End To It
Put an End to Trafficking of Women – Insight on Human Trafficking
Trafficking is a crime against humanity. Getting someone by any means and putting them to forced labor or service, slavery, prostitution, manufacturing or other industries, even domestic service is the global right’s definition of trafficking.
The most common target are the women. A grave issue on human rights and development is Trafficking of women.
The issue on women trafficking is rampant such that an estimated 800,000 women and children are being trafficked worldwide, each year. It is so alarming that the US Department of Health and Human Services have put human trafficking on the top list that tied with illegal arms industry as the number one crime to watch out for.
Unfortunately, the bad news about human trafficking, especially those of women and children, do not end there. Sexual exploitation is one problem attached to human trafficking, approximated at 75%. And what is worse is that the number of women and children who become victims of sexual exploitation have exceeded the initial projection of 2.5 million.
But the sad reality is that there is no actual data on the exact number of victims because of the nature of the industry. Some facts on how recruitment happens.
Doubtful Promises
A much better life or work situation is the common promise “recuiters” give parents or parents give their children. The cost of women and children sold across the border is as little as one to two thousand dollars only.
Direct selling
Family members or victims’ own parents sell their children directly, just like selling a product.
Bondage
Young girls are arranged for marriage to pay off debts of certain families, forcing them to become sexual slaves or subjecting them to other forms of unjust labor.
Kidnapping
Another root problem on its own, trafficked women and children are sometimes kidnapped and taken forcibly then forced to work or sold to brothels.
Trafficking of women and children has become such a rampant crime. Both global and local community are doing their best to fight the crime. Several strategies have been employed by both government agencies and non-government groups.
Here are a few of them.
- Increased awareness programs regarding trafficking of women and children.
- The use of each country’s legal system to control or ttally eradicate prostitution.
- Providing alternative options of employment for women and children.
- Rescuing victims and putting them in rehabilitation programs.
- For centuries now, trafficking of women has been a ruthless crime.
Taking it sitting down and not taking action will surely perpetuate the growth of this barbaric industry, victimizing more and more women and children al over the world. Starting somewhere is the first step towards erasing it completely.
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