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Paper on Human Trafficking

   

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RUNNING HEAD: GENDER AND THE CITY 1Human traffickingNameInstitution

GENDER AND THE CITY 2IntroductionHuman trafficking is a contemporary growing concern that has attracted global attention. It isan up surging menace and it is considered a global crisis with majority of the victims being women and children. This paper explores different dimensions of human trafficking in globalization and their causes. The subsequent section of this paper will focus on the consequences and preventive mechanisms of trafficking. The paper also offers a brief solution on how to handle the victims of traffickers. United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines human trafficking as forceful recruitment, transfer, transportation or harbouring of persons (2000). It could be abduction, fraud or by threat and involves taking advantage of the vulnerable by exploiting them. However, Russell observes that precise and reliable data on human trafficking to track bearing the fact that is illegal and often inconspicuous (2017). Another impediment to getting such data is the magnitude and different definition to human trafficking. Human trafficking can take place within the country or even across international borders. It is a globally spread practice- albeit illegal- and is believed to fetch colossal profits for the trafficking brokers (Russel, 2017). Author’s Name:PSA topic:Target audience:Distribution strategy:Requesting funding from:

GENDER AND THE CITY 3Trafficking is considered a ‘gendered’ offense and may involve children, and women- or even men- based on different reasons. Statistics show that most of the victims are trafficked into either domestic slavery or sex industry (US Trafficking in Person Report, 2010). Human trafficking in most instances is blatantly accompanied by violence and exploitation (Fisanick,2010). Fisanick further notes that in modern trafficking, the victims may be legally or illegally documented as they are taken into unknown countries incognizant of the underlying aftermaths (2010). Human trafficking is entrenched in gender inequality, economic resilience (Davy, 2015). Modern traffickers take advantage of growing unemployment and high povertylevel among women in their motherland by promising them a well-paying jobs and serene environment.Causes and forms of human traffickingAccording to Bales, human trafficking is tremendously driven by myriad of factors such as poverty, economic downturn, instability, graft, and impotent legal and institutional structures (2007). Weak family and social networks may also attribute to trafficking. For instance, divorce or death of parents may render children destitute, which may result to extreme exploitation or trafficking (Davidson, 2015). Such children feel neglected and are susceptible to trafficking. They could be trapped into false promises of better standards of living in another country. The U.S Department of State Trafficking in Persons report that approximately 21 million are currently trapped into forced labour and forced commercial sex (2010). International Labour Organization (ILO) further notes that $ 150 million illicit profitsare raked annually from forced labour (2014).There first dimension of trafficking is in form of cultural or sex trafficking. This is common in Sub-Saharan African culture where young girls are coerced into early marriages (Bales, 2007). For example, the Kokombas community in Ghana, men do have an early

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