Sex Trafficking
Violation of Human Rights
How does this affects young women and what really happens to young girls?
Sex trafficking violates women's right to life, liberty and security of the person, article # 6 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.There is about 20,000,000-30,000,000 slaves in the world today, according to .The cost of a slave is $90. Eighty percent of trafficking includes sexual abuse and nineteen percent involves work abuse. There is about 20,000,000-30,000,000 slaves in the world today, according to . Human trafficking is the third largest international crime. 5.5 million (from 20.9 million victims of sex trafficking) are children.
"HELP ME"
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"STOP"
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"Every 30 SECONDS"
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Organizations and ways to help
Real Life Story
There is this girl her name is Sita. She is twenty years old. She has been taken away from her village in Sindhupalchok. She was sold to a brothel owner, beaten over and over. She had been raped by hundreds of men that were infected with HIV. Ways you could get involved is by learning the red flags that may show human trafficking and ask follow up questions so you can help recognize a potential trafficking victim.
Polaris Project
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