Sometimes it’s the individual story. Sometimes it’s just being reminded of the largeness of the problem.
This is a few years old now, but sadly, the statistics are still close to this.
It especially sinks in when you see all those logos at the bottom.
Human trafficking is the issue of our time and we need to start treating it as such.
Image courtesy makeafriar.com, via Half the Sky.
Related posts:
- Anti-Trafficking Tuesday: Art Therapy for Human Trafficking Survivors
- Anti-Trafficking Tuesday: Your 15 Minutes
- Anti-Trafficking Tuesday: Trafficking and Abuse are Always Shocking, But They Need to Stop Being Surprising
- Anti-Trafficking Tuesday: Krochet Kids
- Anti-Trafficking Tuesday: What Does It Really Mean to Buy “Sustainable”?
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
Every word was sobering . And then i read that figure = $32 Billion. What a shock to see that it exceeds the profits from so many huge companies. But not a surprise is it? Something has to be driving human trafficking. Like drug trafficking and prostitution and identity theft – it is money. Billions of dollars.
Yes, money. People do what is profitable. Under the money reason, greed.