Sex Trafficking: A Form of Modern Slavery
Sex trafficking is basically a form of modern slavery through which victims are adducted and illegally recruited for sexual exploitation purposes. Physical force or psychological manipulation like the use of drugs are relied upon to threaten victims into the act. Also, traffickers may use tactics which include, but not limited to, promised marriages, immigration of the victim to another country, or even prospective care of the family members left behind. In developing nations sex trafficking is facilitated by criminal in the government which leads to both physical and mental inflictions to victims; however, reporting suspicious behaviors and taking actions against traffickers by families and acquaintance would stop the vice.
The Violation of Women's Rights in Developing Nations
In developing nations, rights of women are violated and overlooked through prostitution and trafficking women for the benefit to the men, and women alike. Besides, the economic and financial power of women has been devastated by lack of education making them the endangered gender. This vice in developing nations is encouraged by prominent but dishonest people in the government to get some gain at the expense of the victims of this despicable behavior. The government of the less developed countries ignores the reported cases about sex trafficking leading to increased oppression of the poor in the community. Women are more prone subject to the act because, in most cases, within the underdeveloped countries, they lack the education, resources, and other economic alternatives to support themselves and their families. The lack of education by women in developing world diminishes their opportunities to get well-paid jobs, and thus they comply with prostitution as their strategy of surviving (Simkhada, 2010).
The Adverse Implications of Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking has adverse implication on the affected parties and results in both mental and physical problems to the victims. First, sex trafficking victims are traumatized emotionally by being separated from their friends, local communities, and family members without hope of ever meeting them in their lifetime. They also experience traumatic bonding since the victims live with their abusers not because they love them but due to lack of choice. The bond between the sex traffic victims and their abusers develops due to the fear of physical harm or even death of victims in the attempt to flee from such oppressions. To some extent, the victims depend on their abusers for clothes, shelter, food, and security. Secondly, sometimes sex trafficking victims are deprived of all forms of freedom as a strategy to manipulate and scaring them. Furthermore, beating, for of physical harm on an individual and torturing victims by their abuser is common and leads to injuries like, burns, scars , and related body disfigurations which, collectively, are advanced health issues which can even lead to death. Sex trafficker do not care about the wellbeing of the victim, and they usually subject the victims to an unclean environment which facilitates ailments like malaria and psychological trauma (George, 2010).
Combating Sex Trafficking through Education and Awareness
Launching war against sex trafficking through education, creating awareness, and reporting suspicions by families and acquaintances would help solve the vice. First education to a girl child would substantially solve the issues. According to Turner (2016), attention has been raised regarding the vulnerability of women due to lack academic qualifications to enable them to secure formal jobs. To remedy this diversity, parents should treat both boys and girls the same on the matter of the provision for education so that the girl child to compete effective minimizing the chances of being lured this sexual behavior. Secondly, creating awareness to people about sex trafficking would remedy the vice. The issues surrounding sex trafficking and its impact to the society should not be kept as a secret; but should be aired out in all possible means including in churches, social forums, and groups in social media for sharing matters related to sex trafficking. Lastly, reporting any suspicion would help reduce the chances of the occurrence of this act. In most cases women and girls are enticed with good promises like the promise to get married, support to their families or sometimes engaged in sexual activity as the payment of the debts they owe their abusers. All these behaviors would have early warning signs, such that, if they are reported can help prevent sex trafficking from occurring (Turner, 2016).
Conclusion
In conclusion, sex trafficking is kind of modern slavery which entails forceful abduction or enticing people with advances like jobs to engage in ruthless sexual exploitation. Sex trafficking is most rampant in developing world since criminal with those governments take the advantage of the poor in the community to exploit their authority to make connection in trafficking sex workers. Poverty-stricken women in less developed nations are most susceptible to sex trafficking due to lack of education and other economic alternatives. The traumatic bonding mentally impacts victims as they live with their abusers and the physical torture they sustain from beating and other related mistreatments. Investing in creating awareness and educating people about sex trafficking would help families and acquaintance mitigate against the occurrence of this despicable the vice.
References
George, A., Vindhya, U., " Ray, S. (2010). Sex Trafficking and Sex Work: Definitions, Debates, and Dynamics — A Review of Literature. Economic and Political Weekly, 45(17), 64-73. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25664387
Simkhada, P. (2010). Sex trafficking in Nepal. In Craig G. (Ed.), Child slavery now: A contemporary reader (pp. 243-256). Bristol, UK; Portland, OR, USA: Bristol University Press. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qgxmk.22
Turner, J. (2016). Root Causes, Transnational Mobility, and Formations of Patriarchy in the Sex Trafficking of Women. In Malloch M. " Rigby P. (Eds.), Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation (pp. 194-209). Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1bgzbwp.16
