Check out this timely article by Robert George, Renewal Forum Board member, about fighting human trafficking.
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/02/03/fighting-against-sex-trafficking/
Julia Davidson explains in her book Prostitution, Power, and Freedom, that prostitution is an institution that “founders upon the existence of economic and political conditions that compel people to act in ways they otherwise would not choose to act”. This statement explains the current status of prostitution as an institution built on unfreedom. For Davidson ...
The purpose of this memorandum is to argue that human trafficking is urgently relevant to the mainstream of our society, and the conclusion is this: What we do on human trafficking should be seen as an integral part of a strategy to make Kansas safe for kids.
Exploitation in Kansas - A Briefing
John
No business can afford you create a product for which there are no buyers. The first step in understanding the sex industry is to understand the customers, the johns. -Joe Parker
Johns are men who buy and sell sex. Most commonly, "johns" reference men who purchase sexual acts, however this term can also refer to pimps ...
Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world and is one of the largest criminal industries in the world, only second to drugs. The most commonly accepted international definition of human trafficking can be found in the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons created by the United Nations:
the ...
Forced labor
In 1930 the ILO established an international definition of forced labor in the Forced Labor Convention stating:
Forced or compulsory labour shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.
In 2012 the ILO published the ...
Debt Bondage
Debt bondage, as explained by the U.S. State Department of Health and Human Services, is the practice in which:
traffickers demand labor as a means repayment for a real or alleged debt, yet they do not reasonably apply a victim’s wages toward the payment of the debt, or limit or define the nature and length of the ...
The acquittal of Casey Anthony in the murder trial over daughter Caylee led to public outrage and demand for legislative change. The real catalyst of the outrage and public damnation was Casey’s failure to report two-year old Caylee missing for 31 days. This high profile case resulted in new state legislation, spurred by constituent demands ...
