Type the words, " human trafficking stories" into Google and you'll get pages of real life stories about girls and women who have gone through horrific experiences. The word, human trafficking can be defined as, "the illegal trade of human beings for the purpose of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labour, or a modern-day form of slavery."
A blog was created for people to share stories of this nature so that other girls and women could realise the seriousness of the issue and try to protect themselves from these human trafficking predators. Online newspapers are also rife with human trafficking statistics and stories. An estimated 700000 to 4 million people around the world are being trafficked for labor and sexual exploitation each year.
In South Africa, the situation is not much different. We have stories of our own that would make any woman or girl shudder at the thought. Human trafficking victims are forced to become prostitutes and are often forced to use drugs since the predators know that the drugs will keep these girls as their slaves.
When girls are rescued it can only be seen as a miracle since many of the trafficking rings have been doing this for so long and have connections in all the right places.
To protect yourself from such slavery there are a few tips:
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ReplyDeleteThe story will just excalent and get out of control if we do not speak up and address it. 16 Days of Activism is one of those campaignds we we can bring out our voice and be heard.