Pocket watch

According to Brown ‘’ Child labor take many forms. Agriculture is by far the largest sector employing children with unpaid family farm work dominating. Some 60 million children are involved. Young girls who should be in school are collecting water and firewood, or caring for siblings. In west Africa, an estimated 2 million are involved in cultivating cocoa, while some 400,000 are working on India’s cotton seed farms.’’ (2016). While these children are not being giving their human rights, child…

Human trafficking is a phenomenon is across the board in the developed world. In the United States, more than 15,000 individuals are constrained into what might as well be called subjection consistently. Regardless of the possibility that this transnational wrongdoing has its underlying foundations in the creating scene, its branches connect with the central issues. 200 years’ prior servitude demonstrated a primary side of humankind; it appears that today the issue returns, just now, the…

Coming up to late 1990s, the United States had gone through an immense amount of economic and technological growth. With the rise of the internet, and the underlying stigma of convenience that revolves around technology, the United States’ capitalistic mindset has officially transitioned into a new era known as the information age. Synonymous to other time-periods where the standard of living rose, The 1990s going into the 2000s was a time of growth in terms convenience and comfort. With both…

Individual Reflection This semester, I have learned about overall human rights, the theories of Hobbes and Locke, women’s human rights, genocide, group rights, and healthcare rights. This class challenged me to think deeper about what I personally believe and about our global problems. Because of our group research about human trafficking in Cambodia, I learned much more about women’s human rights violations than I ever would have found out. Two of the works that resonated with me this semester…

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…