Who Deserves Human Rights?

EVERYONE DOES

With 80 percent of Haitians living in abject poverty, many children are forced to work against their will in homes, fields, gangs and as prostitutes. As many as 200,000 are the victims of human trafficking.

But there is a solution: microfinance. »

These children are driven into trafficking for economic reasons. Reducing poverty, therefore, would help stop this slave trade in children.

It's simple really: through microfinance, small loans enable hard-working women to open small businesses that let them feed and shelter their families. Just a few dollars a day in added income can mean children do not have to be forced into work. Instead, they can go to school and be healthy.

Former President Clinton is the UN Special Envoy to Haiti. At the top of his priorities is sustainable job creation. Tell him that there is no better way to protect Haiti's children and create sustainable jobs than microfinance. »

Thanks for taking action!

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Lift Haiti's Children
Out of Servitude

Microfinance can help break the cycle of poverty and keep children out of the hands of traffickers.

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Today We Join Our Blogs with many others for International Human Rights Day. Take a Moment and Consider what Your Freedom means and what you will do to Keep It.

Freedom for ALL, Globally

Keep Funding For Human Trafficking (thepetitionsite.com)
Human Trafficking In United States (slideshare.net)
No trafficking? There's a lot suffering (guardian.co.uk)
AUDIO: Students for a Better Society Bring Human Trafficking Awareness to SMU (smudailymustang.com)
Aaron Cohen - the slave hunter (guardian.co.uk)
Solo 249 Mile Run in Chains for Anti-Human Trafficking (prweb.com)
Trio Of Thai Women Held For Prostitution May Be Part Of Human Trafficking (chicagoist.com)
Film Review | 'Fatal Promises': Modern-Day Slavery, the People and Politics (nytimes.com)

Monday, August 24, 2009

PSA: Let Us Come Together and Fix This, Please

How much do you really know about Human Trafficking ?

Would you recognize the signs of a slave if you saw them ? Do you know what You Can Do to help stop this inhumanity ?

Take a moment today, think of those who hide in plain site; those who are silent and in bondage; those who will never know freedom. Commit to knowing the truth about Human Trafficking - and why there are more slaves today, than at anytime in history.

We Know your heart will bleed when you think of those 3 and 4 year olds sold into a life of forced bondage and brutality; never to know the simple freedom of being able to just sit and play.

Child Sex Slaves are the fastest growing segment of the abused population. unbelievable.. even the constant police stings, television show dragnets and numerous talk show set ups don't seem to deter these crimes. Why ?

there are children in America who are slaves, yes.

The Internet is said to have increased pedophilia more quickly than at anytime in history. there are more new registered sexual predators than at anytime in history; and many of them are children themselves. these children are the collateral damage because they were more than likely abused themselves before they became abusers. international child sex rings have proliferated so quickly that law enforcement agencies are hard pressed to keep up with even a fraction of their traffic and trade in pictures, movies and other items of exploitation.

BadGals will spend this week focusing on the America that Loves. we start by Asking You to Share Some Love, and Help to Free the Slaves.

Next Installment - a little frank talk about why abuse happens netstyle. we point to some troubling trends and danger signs. we let you take the test and see if you're setting yourself up to be a victim of netsploitation.

If We Don't Talk About it Who Will ?

Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. Prevalent even in the United States, it's one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world and is not going away without our help!

Pledge to help end human trafficking in the United States today. »

Human trafficking subjects victims to violence, fraud and coercion for sexual exploitation or other forced labor. Every year, there are hundreds of thousands of victims in the U.S. The traffickers buy and sell humans, often targeting homeless women and children, stripping them of all their freedom.

Hidden from sight there are dangerous predators -- pimps, gangs and pornographers. But thankfully you can help break down these brutal criminal networks and stop the violence of human trafficking by learning to identify victims and report incidents.

Click here to learn the signs of human trafficking and how you can prevent these cases in your community. »