Resources

Aronowitz, Alexis A. Human Trafficking, Human Misery. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2009. 135-36. Print.

Batstone, David. Not For Sale. New York: HarperCollins, 2007. Cover-278.Print.

Cummings, Nina. "Trafficking In Women." Forsaken Females. By Andrea Parrot. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 138-43. Print.

Eliyah, Chaim. "Studying the Sex Trade." The Daily of the University of Washington (2007): 1. Web. 01 May 2010. . Freed, Wendy. "HIDDEN IN THE SHADOWS: Sex Trafficking and Women’s Health." Powerpoint. N.p., 13 Mar. 2007. Web. 5 Apr. 2010.

Jasper, Margaret C. "Human Trafficking and the Sex Trade." 2007. The Law of Violence Against Women. 2nd ed. New York City: Oxford UP, 2007. 75-76. Print.

United States. Department of Health and Human Resources. National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Sex Trafficking Fact Sheet. Department of Health and Human Resources. Web. 25 Apr. 2010.

Solution To Save Lives

There are many ways the world could go about ending human trafficking but one country can not do it alone. It is safe to say that poverty in certain countries causes high numbers of human trafficking and makes it harder for that government to put an end to it. Some of the countries experiencing sex trafficking also have corrupt governments who most likely don't place ending sex trafficking at the top of their to do list. There needs to be a worldwide global committee put into place from every country dealing with this problem to create a union to stop this issue. A tighter policy should be put into place and have organizations that can deal with the problem face to face such as undercover cops or agents. If each country were to have a specialized organization and team to combat the problem, I think there is a chance.

Sex trafficking is an inhumane act that deprives women and children of their natural born right while taking away their womenhood and confidence of ever leading a normal life again. No women or child should be forced into an act against their will while being harmed in the process. Though ending sex trafficking seems like a hard task at end, I believe that a global union coming together to end a serious crime is possible eventually. Putting yourself in a sex trafficking victim could change one's entire view on the importance of the matter.

Lives Are Forever Changed By Slavery

The lives of those who have experienced slavery due to sex trafficking first hand are left with phyiscal and emotional scars that may never go away. These women and children are traumatized by on going abuse and even suffer from starvation throughout their servitude. The thought of a child being starved and beaten to have sex with a stranger should be enough to ignite a complete stop to trafficking. The women and children are raped and sometimes drugged to keep them from trying to escape. From pictures and research I have seen, according to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center,"Women and children are left with scars, burns, bruises, broken bones, possible drug addiction, transmitted diseases, and even forced abortions" (NHTRC 1). HIV/AIDS is a large worry for all victims most likely because condoms are not used during rape since a large majority of the young victims start as virgins. Some of the girls are even forced to get abortions if they become pregnat while prostituting. These items listed above are just the pyshical damages that human trafficking causes humans but there are also emotional scars that cut deep and may last forever. Women and children experiencing or have experienced human trafficking may feel grief, ashamed, self-hatred, depression, afraid, insomnia, or even hold suicidal thoughts (NHTRC 1). Imagining just a young child who has yet to experience the world fearing the outside world and feeling ashamed of themselves is inhumane as it's highest level. No human should ever experience a lifetime of these terrible feelings, especially just a child. The sex trafficking just goes to show how much gender inequality still exists today. According to Goh, "There are around 4 million women and children being trafficked per year" (Daily 1). Trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry as of right now and traffickers are making millions off these women and children.
The photograph to the left captures a women who was beaten and abused by either a client or a sex trafficker possibly for trying to escape or for pleasure. This picture is living proof that the abuse and corruption is as bad or worse than it sounds. She holds phyiscal scars and from the look of her face, emotional as well. The best way to get a strong emotional effect from this picture is to imagine if that were your own child who was forced to have sex with a stranger and beaten by a stranger without a choice of a free life.

"How many years can some people exist before they’re allowed to be free." -Bob Dylan