Kari Carr She was 14 years old and running away from abuse. Within 24 hours a man approached her and asked if she was hungry and needed a place to stay. She hadn’t eaten in days and it had just begun to rain. He seemed nice. He was well dressed. It seemed a better alternative … Read more
The question guiding my paper asks how policies contribute to/help prevent migrants being targeted for human trafficking. The Palermo protocols were created in order to supplement the “Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.” While there are three protocols, I focus on the following protocol: “Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and … Read more
How do policies on immigration create an environment in which migrants can be targeted for human trafficking? This article observes the complexities behind feminism and the distinction of women that are trafficked. The author argues that the word “force” is currently the primary factor in determining trafficking and the loose term benefits traffickers because … Read more
With my paper being on human trafficking and the influence that policies can have in the Europe, I have found a piece that specifically looks at a bill proposed by the United Kingdom, a self-proclaimed leader in the fight against modern slavery. Based on notions that assumed that slavery could not be possible in our … Read more
After traveling to India and meeting women who were forced to sell their bodies in order to provide for their families, Shannon Keith decided to invest $25,000 of her own money to make a change. Embracing the beautiful patterns of the culture in India, she created a business model that would employ these impoverished women … Read more
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and this short video briefly describes the issue of websites that knowingly profit from sex trafficking advertisements of children. It calls viewers to action by asking you to contact you senator to ask that SESTA be passed to close the loophole that allows this heinous criminal activity to … Read more
We have been discussing human trafficking in our anthropology class. Students wanted to know more about what they could do to help. Savannah Bynum found this video produced by the Michigan State Police on how workers can watch for signs of trafficking. Here is a link to it: https://youtu.be/44EvOqCMrIE Kari Carr shared this video from the … Read more
In her book, The Road of Lost Innocence, Somaly Mam writes that she knows the clients who pay for child prostitutes and they are mostly ordinary, Cambodian men. She asks the question about why, in Cambodia, men feel justified in treating women and children this way? She also points out that most programs to deal … Read more
The country’s first shelter for sex-trafficked boys will open Spring 2016! Anna and Chris smith are from Greenville, NC and they have picked a spot for the shelter here in Eastern NC. I was surprised to hear that this shelter will be the first for sexually abused boys. When people think about the sex-trade they … Read more
We all know that human trafficking exists, but we tend to think it’s “over there,” not here in the U.S. How do you feel about trafficking being a problem in our own backyard? I just saw this article about Human Trafficking in Charlotte, NC and how it’s becoming an increasingly large problem. Apparently, as Charlotte … Read more