Disciples Women Address
Human Trafficking
How Bad Is
It?
600,000 - 800,000 humans are trafficked across international
borders each year
18,000 – 20,000 are trafficked into the
The majority are women and children
Human trafficking is the
fastest growing crime in the world. 2nd behind drugs and ahead of illegal
arms.
Effects of Human
Trafficking
Devastating effects on
individual victims who suffer physical and emotional
abuse
Undermines safety and
security of every nation it touches
Common Themes of Victim’s
Stories
Children are given to
others for care to help alleviate poverty conditions at
home
Women are promised a job
and a better life in a new land
Common denominator is
poverty
What’s being
done?
Governments and
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are getting
involved
National Council of
Churches Justice for Women working group taking a
stand
Other
Abolishing Modern Day
Slavery
Increase rescue of
trafficking victims
Increase prosecutions of
traffickers
Treat people freed from
slavery as victims not criminals
Stop the demand for
modern day slaves
What can we
do?
Educate ourselves as to
the extent of the problem
Participate in the
Disciples Women Break the
Chains Social Action Project on
Human Trafficking
by
supporting an organization committed to ending slave trade in our
time
Organizations Committed
to Ending Slave Trade
NEW: End
Global
Exchange is concerned for the
284,000 children engaged in abusive labor in
you up-to-date on their conditions, and how you can support this
fair-trade effort.
Children of the Night www.childrenofthenight.org
Children of the
Night is a private, non-profit
organization founded in 1979 and is dedicated to assisting children between the
ages of 11
and 17 who are forced into
prostitution in order to eat and have a place to sleep. They rescue hundreds of children each
year. They
partner with detectives,
FBI agents and prosecutors. They
assist other agencies across the country and around the world to develop
similar programs. They are headquartered in Southern
California
Polaris Project www.polarisproject.org
The Polaris
Project is one of the largest
anti-trafficking organizations in the
national and local levels. They have offices in Washington DC;
Newark, NJ; Denver, CO; and
conducting direct outreach
and victim identification, providing social services and transitional housing
for victims.
They have received
numerous awards for their achievements
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) www.castla.org
The Coalition to Abolish
Slavery and Trafficking or CAST is a multi-ethnic human
rights organization who assists persons trafficked for the
purpose of forced
labor. They help victims recover
from years of abuse and trauma so they may become self-sufficient. They opened the first
shelter for trafficked
women in the
CAST partners with law
enforcement and government agencies to ensure criminal prosecution of
traffickers.
The Florida Coalition
Against Human Trafficking (FCAHT) is an entity within the
corporation establish in
2004. They participate with law
enforcement on human trafficking cases and provide outreach and advocacy
services to at-risk
people, especially in southwestern
Human Trafficking: www.humantrafficking.com
The Emancipation Network: www.emancipationnetwork.net
Save the Survivors: www.madebysurvivors.com
RESOURCES FOR STUDYING HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
Most
of these items available on Amazon or Borders
websites
BOOKS
The Sacred Bath – An
American Teen’s Story of Modern Day Slavery by
Enslaved: True Stories of Modern Day
Slavery by Gloria Steinem (5
stars)
A Crime so
Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern
Day Slavery by Benjamin
Skinner
Sex Trafficking: The Global Market in Women and
Children by Kathryn
Farr
Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern
Slavery by Siddarth
Kara
Woman, Child For
Human
Trafficking by Maggy
Lee
Sold by Patricia
McCormick
Human Traffic – Sex,
Slaves and Immigration by Craig
McGill
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global
Economy by Kevin
Bales
MOVIES AND
DVD’S
Human
Trafficking starring Mira Sorvino
and Donald Sutherland – a 3 hour Lifetime channel
series
Trade DVD movie starring Kevin
Klein