The will to decimate spiritual purity and completely shame women through physical and emotional destruction is deeply imprinted within the imbalances of the world. Female genital mutilation, breast ironing, honor killings, acid attacks, sex trafficking, underage marriage, forced illiteracy and rape as weapons of war are just some of the atrocities forced upon women globally. These brutalities that women and children endure around the world not only show the wicked placement of power, but also the highest importance of igniting the voice of women within. Countless stories of women, soul binding terrors beacon women of the highest risks to bring forth their wisdom of truth in hopes to diminish the paradigm of feminine oppression and bring worth
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I had to give [the pimp] all my money. If I did not [earn a set amount] they punished me by removing my clothes and beating me with a stick until I fainted, electrocuting me, cutting me.” Although there are laws set in place globally that prohibit sex trafficking, it impacts every country around the world. Equality now states that “at least 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide into commercial sexual servitude, forced labor and bonded labor. About 2 million children are exploited every year in the global commercial sex trade. Almost 6 in 10 identified trafficking survivors were trafficked for sexual exploitation. Women and girls make up 98% of victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation.” A personal story of a dear friend can attest to the realities of women and young girls in Afghanistan being subjected to sex trafficking and underage marriages as an unsettling way of settling a debt. “During my deployment to Southern Afghanistan (OEF 08-09), I served on a mission that involved an eleven-year-old boy who requested aid from my infantry unit, to rescue and relocate his sister, age 8, who had been taken to cover a debt her father owed to another man,” said Charles Reeves (US Army SGT Ret.). “Upon arrival to the village, it was quickly assessed that the multiple wives and daughters of the captor were hiding the young girl, and in that attempt were comfortable perpetuating the stifling nature of Sharia law, that regards women as
I had to give [the pimp] all my money. If I did not [earn a set amount] they punished me by removing my clothes and beating me with a stick until I fainted, electrocuting me, cutting me.” Although there are laws set in place globally that prohibit sex trafficking, it impacts every country around the world. Equality now states that “at least 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide into commercial sexual servitude, forced labor and bonded labor. About 2 million children are exploited every year in the global commercial sex trade. Almost 6 in 10 identified trafficking survivors were trafficked for sexual exploitation. Women and girls make up 98% of victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation.” A personal story of a dear friend can attest to the realities of women and young girls in Afghanistan being subjected to sex trafficking and underage marriages as an unsettling way of settling a debt. “During my deployment to Southern Afghanistan (OEF 08-09), I served on a mission that involved an eleven-year-old boy who requested aid from my infantry unit, to rescue and relocate his sister, age 8, who had been taken to cover a debt her father owed to another man,” said Charles Reeves (US Army SGT Ret.). “Upon arrival to the village, it was quickly assessed that the multiple wives and daughters of the captor were hiding the young girl, and in that attempt were comfortable perpetuating the stifling nature of Sharia law, that regards women as