Human Trafficking By Lea Noureddine

Human Trafficking- A Multi-Modality 

What is it? Human trafficking can be defined as tricking or coercing men and women of all ages in to fraudulent employment with falsely promising compensation and using threats as coercion. modern day slavery. (UNODC. 2014) 

Studies found that human trafficking occurs all around the world. An estimated 24.9 million victims. (UNODC. 2014)

According to UN ODC (2014), many countries are still in denial that human trafficking issues exist. There is much neglect on investigating and even prosecuting such cases of clear human trafficking. 

What's being done? The United Nations Protocol Against Trafficking in Persons, the most predominant international agreement regarding human trafficking, has 125 (out of 155 covered) states implementing the protocol legally. Many countries lack the legal instruments to even enforce such policies.  (UNODC. 2014)

POLARIS serves victims and survivors of human trafficking through their human trafficking hotline. They also provide and record much needed data on human trafficking that can help organizations like the UN understand where the problem needs to be focused on the most. (Polaris 2022). 

Examples & Stats According to UN ODC (2022), sexual exploitation takes 79% of human trafficking cases, the second most, being 18% is forced labor. world wide 20% of trafficking victims are children, with exceptions like the continent of Africa, where some 100% of victims are children. 

20.1 million labor victims. 4.8 million sex trafficking victims

(Ecker, E. 2022)

Trafficking can look traffickers offering women waitressing jobs in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, only to seize their passports and force them into into sex work nationally or over seas. It can even look like offering Central American migrants good jobs and visas to the US, only for them to face work in terrible conditions and abysmal pay. (National Assistance System For Victims of Human Trafficking. 2020)

A victim identifying themselves as being trafficked is often prevented with their fear of deportation, worse conditions, or being caught trying to get help. (Council on Foreign Relations. 2020)

What can WE do? Awareness on the seriousness of human trafficking needs to be spread. many organizations, like POLARIS take donations and volunteers for their hotline, which they offer training for. (Polaris. 2022) 


UNODC - Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling
UNODC. (2014). Human Trafficking PNG. Human Trafficking UNODC. 
 
Video Summary: 



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Modalities in this project:
-Video 
- Music in video 
- Written content, including paraphrasing of articles
- Printable pamphlet 
- Self-made poster 
- Blog post

References: 

United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. (2014). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. UNODC. Retrieved from https://www.unodc.org/documents/Global_Report_on_TIP.pdf 

Council on Foreign Relations. (2020). Human trafficking in the global era | world101. World 101 Global Era Issues. Retrieved from https://world101.cfr.org/global-era-issues/globalization/human-trafficking-global-era 

National Assistance System For Victims of Human Trafficking. (2020). Human trafficking across the world. Ihmiskauppa (Finland). Retrieved from https://www.ihmiskauppa.fi/en/human_trafficking/human_trafficking_across_the_world 

Ecker, E. (2022). Breaking down global estimates of human trafficking: Human trafficking awareness month 2022. Human Trafficking Institute. Retrieved from https://traffickinginstitute.org/breaking-down-global-estimates-of-human-trafficking-human-trafficking-awareness-month-2022/ 

Polaris. (2022). Polaris. Retrieved from https://polarisproject.org/ 


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