Human Trafficking, Sex Slavery, and Women

If there is a "ground-zero" for human trafficking in the world, it's India. This isn't my personal opinion, this is what the numbers show. India, soon to be the world's most populous country, has more than 1.2 million children caught up in human trafficking. Even worse, more than 100 million people are involved in trafficking related activities in India.

Let me start with a story. A thirteen-year-old girl walked into one of our (Dalit Freedom Network) clinics (hospitals) crying. The girl broke down and told doctors that at the age of 9 she was sold from her house. From then on until she was 11, she was paraded around every night naked in front of adult men. They then would rape and beat her. She is no longer paraded around now that she is thirteen, but she is raped and abused all day and night. She said that she lives in a house with six other girls and she begged the doctors to help them escape.

Human trafficking is a million dollar business. This is not just a demonstration of hatred toward the Dalit people. Trafficiking is a huge part of India's economy, and a part that ruins the lives of millions of people on a daily business. Did you know that other than South Africa, India has the most people with AIDS than any other country in the world.

27 MILLION people are enslaved today. 80% of those people are women. 50% of those people are children.

Look at the Global Forum On Human Trafficking Campaign/event that just took place a couple weeks ago.
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/events/global-forum-on-human-trafficking/

The next post will dig deeper into the issue of the sex market and focus specifically on Dalit women and children.