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    Thai government has reduced its focus on matters relating to tourism to exclude everything that is not strictly an economic function (Bishop, p. 66). In essence the Thai government feels justified in sacrificing an entire generation of women and children for economic development. THAI International, a government funded agency, addressed the problems associated with the AIDS epidemic and the sex trade, not as a threat to the nation or its people, but as a threat to the tourism industry…

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    Human trafficking is one of the most profitable international crimes today. According to Transnational Organized Crime groups earn about $3 billion per year. Also from all around the world one out of five victims of human trafficking are children. Women make up two thirds of the world's human trafficking victims. The selling of humans is the most disgraceful crimes out there. It violates the rights as people and are obligated to be a part of a horrible system. Traffickers choose people who are…

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    Poverty in Homelife, Work, and Social life; the Effect it has on Women in Guilded Age New York City and it 's Correlation to Maggie by Stephen Crane The Guilded Age was the time period from around 1890 to 1920. It was a time period of massive immigration to American cities, urbanization, and industrialization. There were large changes to the economy around the country but the places affected the most were the larger cities, for example, New York City. With an influx of population in these…

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    Trafficking” conjure’s up a number of different images depending upon your geographic location, culture, or interest. What most people don't think about is children, children are trafficked just as often as adults are around the globe. The United States is one of the top three destinations in the world for human sex trafficking. Men, women, and children forced into the illegal sex trade each year (Tomes, 2013). Sex trafficking of a minor is defined as “the recruitment, harboring,…

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    of sex trafficking. Sex trafficking, the exploitation of women and children is a growing atrocity worldwide but it can be stopped through awareness and law enforcement intervention. Sex trafficking is another term for modern day slavery. It is a vile and heinous crime; it is the scourge of the mankind, and a gross abuse of human rights. It should shame us all as human beings. Sex trafficking is the exploitation of women and children across international…

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    Upton Sinclair illustrates many aspects and undoubtedly corrupt topics of modern life- even though it is a nonfiction book of the 1900 's. One of these many horrifying topics is Prostitution and human trafficking. Throughout the modern world human trafficking is abundant but hidden to the every day person, Prostitution and human trafficking is a dreadful oppression that breaks up families and the results on a person can be devastating. Alma is a young Filipina women who is a simple waitress in…

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    Slaves are held against their will, forbidden to leave and forced to work with or without being compensated. In the United States slavery is outlawed however it is still part of cultures around the world. In many countries like Africa and China children are taken as child soldiers and factory workers, even though…

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    York, Miami, and Chicago are well known ports for trafficking. These women and young girls are continuously forced into prostitution, some manual labor or sweatshops. It’s common for children to be kidnapped and sold into the sex trade. Human trafficking typically flourishes when there are high rates of poverty, social segregation, and/or war (Lyman & Potter, 2015). Women and children are often convinced that a better life lies ahead, such as employment opportunities. However, if these…

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    of the sex workers mentioned HIV or AIDS. In a similar article “A Continuum of risk? The Management of Health, Physical and Emotional Risks by Female Sex Workers”, 55 participants from a large British city aim to examine “the nature of risk in prostitution, sex workers’ routines and the organizational features of the sex industry” (Sanders, 2004). Respondents were initially contacted through a sexual health promotion project. These women were generally aware physical health issues all the women…

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    presentations should inform children on the things traffickers do and say to lure victims in. Furthermore, it should reveal something to look for in someone that may already be a victim of trafficking. Also, inform the students what human trafficking really is and that it is not just your common pimp tricking young women into trusting them. A sign could be something as simple as a man telling one that he has a job for them, but he needs them to keep the job a secret. If children are further…

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