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
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
http://www.umojawomen.or.ke/ Umoja is a village in Kenya, I had seen a video on Facebook and decided to do a little more digging into this village. The name of the village in Swahili means “unity”. This village has banned men from itself, it was founded in 1990 by female survivors of rape and sexual violence, but … 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
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
This past week, our class read and discussed the book, The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam (2005). The book tells the story of her early life, her experience being trafficked into the sex trade, and her efforts to change her life and rescue other young victims in Cambodia. Mam started two foundations, AFESIP … Read more
C. White on December 7, 2015 Brysk contends that sex trafficking is actually “white slavery” because thousands of women and children from Eastern Europe are sent to the US for the sole purpose of being sex slaves to some physically abusive Americans. She compares the plight of sex slaves to the slavery of ancient Hebrew … Read more
C. White on December 7, 2015 Parker and Skrmetti reveals that between 2008 and 2010, almost all (83%) of confirmed cases of sex trafficking were American citizens, although people generally thin of foreign women instead (Parker and Skrmetti 2013:1017). Sex traffickers target victims who they know are easy to manipulate and would remain as prostitutes … Read more