Neighborhood watch

It can be said that human trafficking is the modern-day slavery. Human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing global crime. It involves transporting, recruiting, and harbouring of persons through the use of force, abduction, deception, abuse of power, and vulnerability of others for the purpose of exploitation and personal profit. Each year millions of women, men, and children are victims of this crime, however, especially children and women. Human trafficking is illegal worldwide but…

Human Rights Watch, Inc. (HRW) Human Rights Watch, Inc. is a multinational non-governmental organization whose area of interest is to conduct research and advocacy on human rights. It was founded in 1978 with the formation of Helsinki Watch, an organization that was designed to monitor government compliance with the 1975 Helsinki Accords formed through the Soviet bloc (Human Rights Watch, Inc., n.d). In rapid succession, this organization adopted the name Human Rights Watch in 1988. Apart from…

Bullet shells litter the ground your bare feet are treading on like dead leaves in Autumn. The only pair of clothes you own are torn and two sizes too small but it’s all you have. The main emphasis of your appearance is not any of this, but the enormous machine gun slung over your starved body. No emotion is felt from you; no regret, hurt, or pleasure. The only thing you want is the chemically dangerous drugs fed as a reward to you in the little food you are given. Was this your choice? Did you…

the gang promised the women that they would have job for her, and tours. Then they sold her and other women in the country’s rural regions for between 50,000 to 90,000 Yuan according to Xinhua. Chinese police have recently made the move to try and watch out for trafficking. In September the police finally announced an to crack down on websites arranging all male tours to Southeast Asian destinations, thought to be a source of trafficking of Chinese…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) that, according to their website (Human Rights Watch, n.d.-a), is “known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups.” HRW publishes over 100 reports and briefings annually on over 90 countries’ human rights conditions (Human Rights Watch, n.d.-a). HRW’s mission is simple: “[to defend] the rights of people…

Every day after school, Maria sold bread by the side of the road to supplement her family’s limited income. When business was slow, Maria met Sophia, a 35 year old, became friends with her and eventually left on a trip with her. On the day of the trip, Sophia gave Maria a drink that made her unconscious. When she awoke, she was in a taxi on her way to an unfamiliar restaurant. When they arrived, Sophia sent her to go get cleaned up, come back, and then sent her off in the taxi with 3 other girls…

Aronowitz, Alexis A. Human trafficking Human Misery print Alexis A. Aronowitz is a professor in international justice, and her field of expertise is on human trafficking. What makes her an expert in this field is her knowledge of human trafficking, aggressive hate offenses, and aggressions well as criminology. Alexis has premeditated this course for teaching at the U.S and Germany universities and is at present an Assistant University lecturer of criminology at the University College of Utrecht…

Test, also known as the Mo Movie Measure or Bechdel Rule, is a simple test that determines whether women are portrayed as humans in a story, acting as subjects rather than objects. Bechdel came up with the test in the panels of her comic, “Dykes to Watch Out For”, in a strip called “The Rule”. It was simply in the form of one woman explaining her “rule” about movies to another woman. The rule names the three following criteria. First, a movie must have at least two female characters that are…

In foreign countries children are constantly put in danger of being blown up or shot repeatedly to death. Why are these children put in so much danger you may ask. The answer is that foreign countries and revolutionary groups often let children join their armies. Even worse is most of these groups purposely kidnap children for their armies despite the legal age to serve being 15. When these children are captured and taken to be put on trial for their crimes a great debate arises. Some people say…

I was born into the Catholic religion, believing and worshipping God, the Virgin Mary, and the saints. Every night I pray the “Hail Mary” and the “ Our Father.” My parents followed the rituals of the sacraments such as my baptism, first communion, and confirmation. As a grown up I continued to follow the practices of my religion as well as the Catholic beliefs. Christianity has been a religion that has faced many struggles. People judge it, yet it remains strong. Jehovah Witness’ is a…