In the previous column, Kristof decided to purchase the freedom of two prostitutes in Cambodia. One girls’ freedom was set at $150, the others’ at $70. The first purchase went well, but when he got to the second the price had ballooned to $400. What will the girls’ face when they return to their villages? Will [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Bargaining for Freedom, by Nicholas Kristof
Posted: May 9, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: human trafficking, modern day slavery, prostitution, Southeast Asia
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The Girls Next Door-NY Times, 2004
Posted: May 9, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, human, Human Trafficking in America, modern day slavery, prostitution, Sex Slavery, Slavery in America
This award winning article from the New York Times gives insight into slavery here in the United States. Many have heard of trafficking overseas, but it is less well-known that approximately 15,000 people are trafficked into the United States every year, and an unknown number of U.S. citizens are held as slaves in this country. [...]
The Countertraffickers: Rescuing the victims of the global sex trade, from The New Yorker
Posted: May 7, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Human Rights, human trafficking, modern day slavery, Sex Slavery
A well-written and researched article about human trafficking from Moldova. While it discusses the situation directly as it pertains to that nation, there are a variety of themes that run through the different forms of human trafficking that are presented. It is a long, but comprehensive article about human trafficking that would be helpful for [...]
I Am…An Abolitionist — Courant.com
Posted: May 6, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Human Rights, human trafficking events, modern day slavery
On April 24, 2008, the Metropolitan Learning Center in Bloomfield, CT held an abolitionist fair for young abolitionists. This article is written by the president of the Student Abolitionists Stopping Slavery in her school. It’s an introduction to modern-day slavery, and an encouragement about the increasing exposure of and interest in this important issue. I Am…An [...]
