In today’s society, human trafficking is a serious conflict. Human trafficking is a horrendous crime that uses individuals through an illegal trading of human beings by use of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Most traffickers find the most vulnerable and very unstable individuals that are capable of prostitution, pornography, or sexual performance. The victims are lower in society therefore, they may not be readily available to be tested for contaminated diseases. Humans are not a form of property therefore, they should not be treated as property especially when they become a victim as a child. Human trafficking is inherently tied to poverty and unstable finances in a Thailand home, this phenomenon is proved by statistics
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These individuals usually start out with the slavery and use of minority generations. For example, in 1904 there was an act made to ban human trafficking to white children and women only (Davy 793). This did not solve the problems for the other races. Next, twenty years later, the League of Nations was created after WWI, they focused on factors that were measured included the number of women engaged in prostitution, the demand, and the surrounding environment of the women who were trafficked. More recently, Thailand quickly swept the media in 2008 (Davy …show more content…
Most children that are exposed to trafficking are from poor families often with many siblings. Poverty provides the context in which children are more available to be sold for money. The country’s poverty rate is 12.6% (Factbook: Thailand). Due to the larger families, the children may be brought into trafficking as way to help pay expenses for the whole family. Debt bondage is when families offer their children in return to pay off some of their families personal debt (Davy 793). This helps elevate the living situations and brings in a reliable income. Both genders can take part in sex trafficking (Decker 336). However, gender discrimination also plays a role in trafficking as women and girls are more common in the trafficking (Decker 366). One could propose that men would be given more stable jobs and that this may be the last resort for some females that are left widowed to provide for their
These individuals usually start out with the slavery and use of minority generations. For example, in 1904 there was an act made to ban human trafficking to white children and women only (Davy 793). This did not solve the problems for the other races. Next, twenty years later, the League of Nations was created after WWI, they focused on factors that were measured included the number of women engaged in prostitution, the demand, and the surrounding environment of the women who were trafficked. More recently, Thailand quickly swept the media in 2008 (Davy …show more content…
Most children that are exposed to trafficking are from poor families often with many siblings. Poverty provides the context in which children are more available to be sold for money. The country’s poverty rate is 12.6% (Factbook: Thailand). Due to the larger families, the children may be brought into trafficking as way to help pay expenses for the whole family. Debt bondage is when families offer their children in return to pay off some of their families personal debt (Davy 793). This helps elevate the living situations and brings in a reliable income. Both genders can take part in sex trafficking (Decker 336). However, gender discrimination also plays a role in trafficking as women and girls are more common in the trafficking (Decker 366). One could propose that men would be given more stable jobs and that this may be the last resort for some females that are left widowed to provide for their