Human trafficking is a global social problem that is affecting every country on this planet. (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2015). Human trafficking is defined as the use of force, fraud, or coercion to transport persons across international borders or within countries to exploit them for labor or sex (Gozdziak & Bump, 2015). Majority of human trafficked victims are placed in the sex category. The Department of Homeland Security (2015) calls it “modern-day slavery” and reported that it generates billions of dollars a year, which is second in transnational crimes behind drug trafficking. Millions of men, women, and children are victims all over the world, with 80% being women and girls while 50% are minors (Wheaton, Schauer, & Galli,
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This modern-day form of slavery is very lucrative and generates billions of dollars every year. Human trafficking is built on a system of supply and demand. The authors implied that the employers and consumers were the primary factors in causing human trafficking. If an employer was not looking for cheap or free labor or if the consumer was not looking for vulnerable women and children to have sex with, then there would not be a demand for trafficked humans. The article also explains how poor economic and educational systems in countries forces vulnerable people to go looking for an opportunities to get resources or better their lives. Traffickers used these factors against them and this is how they get tricked or forced into being a victim. Ever through the article does not talk about how people are being kidnapped and forced into being a slave, it is also a contributing factor to the problem. It goes back to gender inequality, where women and children are targeted and kidnapped, then sold. This problem does not have any boundaries and it does not discriminate against any …show more content…
The internet does somewhat of a better job of shining a light on this problem. However, the campaigns that I found on the internet had a very similar pattern. Most, not all, made it seem like women were the only victims of human trafficking. Many of the ads used photos of sad or beaten women to portray that image, and with the lack of media exposure in all the countries, it made it seem like women were the one victims when looking at these ads. There were no difference in media coverage from country to
This modern-day form of slavery is very lucrative and generates billions of dollars every year. Human trafficking is built on a system of supply and demand. The authors implied that the employers and consumers were the primary factors in causing human trafficking. If an employer was not looking for cheap or free labor or if the consumer was not looking for vulnerable women and children to have sex with, then there would not be a demand for trafficked humans. The article also explains how poor economic and educational systems in countries forces vulnerable people to go looking for an opportunities to get resources or better their lives. Traffickers used these factors against them and this is how they get tricked or forced into being a victim. Ever through the article does not talk about how people are being kidnapped and forced into being a slave, it is also a contributing factor to the problem. It goes back to gender inequality, where women and children are targeted and kidnapped, then sold. This problem does not have any boundaries and it does not discriminate against any …show more content…
The internet does somewhat of a better job of shining a light on this problem. However, the campaigns that I found on the internet had a very similar pattern. Most, not all, made it seem like women were the only victims of human trafficking. Many of the ads used photos of sad or beaten women to portray that image, and with the lack of media exposure in all the countries, it made it seem like women were the one victims when looking at these ads. There were no difference in media coverage from country to