FAQs
FAQs
How young are the children who are sold and bought?
While the average age is 15, “child trafficking victims, whether for labor, sex or organ trafficking, come from all backgrounds, include both boys and girls. They span a wide age range from 1 to 18 years old. Sex trafficking victims up to roughly 25 years old most often started as young as 14.” https://arkofhopeforchildren.org/child-trafficking/child-trafficking-statistics
The average age of child sex trafficking victims is 15, according to numbers of children reported missing to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Many sex trafficking victims are runaway girls who were sexually abused as children. https://www.childrensrights.org/newsroom/fact-sheets/child-sex-trafficking/
Which countries and cities have the most trafficked children – supply and demand?
With your caring heart, share information on this evil crime. Talk about it, inform those who are turning away, denying and generally struggling with coming to terms with the buying and selling of our children. You can also financially support those organizations who are rescuing and helping with the healing process for survivors. Writing letters to community leaders and law makers, CEO’s and celebrities who are passionate about helping children, sharing your passionate perspective on why we have a responsibility to work together to end this horror, is also needed.
The first thing we all can do is act on our professed love for our children. We can help by doing all we can to SAVE them. #SHOC
Which children are most at risk – what are traffickers looking for?
There is no single profile of a trafficking victim. Victims of human trafficking can be anyone—regardless of race, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, education level, or citizenship status.
Although there is no defining characteristic that all human trafficking victims share, traffickers around the world frequently prey on individuals who are poor, vulnerable, living in an unsafe or unstable situation, or are in search of a better life. Trafficking victims are deceived by false promises of love, a good job, or a stable life and are lured or forced into situations where they are made to work under deplorable conditions with little or no pay. In the United States, trafficking victims can be American or foreign citizens.
Some of the most vulnerable populations for trafficking in the United States include American Indian/Alaska Native communities, lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-questioning individuals, individuals with disabilities, undocumented migrants, runaway and homeless youth, temporary guest-workers and low-income individuals.
Victims can be found in legal and illegal labor industries, including child care, elder care, the drug trade, massage parlors, nail and hair salons, restaurants, hotels, factories, and farms. In some cases, victims are hidden behind doors in domestic servitude in a home. Others are in plain view, interact with people on a daily basis, and are forced to work under extreme circumstances in exotic dance clubs, factories, or restaurants. Victims can be exploited for commercial sex in numerous contexts, including street prostitution, illicit massage parlors, cantinas, brothels, escort services, and online advertising. Trafficking situations can be found across the United States.
How can I help?
- Learn as much as you can about child sex trafficking and human trafficking, in general. Learn something new ( a fact, a statistic, read an article, dig deeper, seek out the information) about it every day or, as often as you can.
- With your caring heart, share information on this evil crime; Say why you are sharing.
- Talk about it whenever you can. Inform those who are turning away, denying, and generally struggling with coming to terms with the buying and selling of our children. It is hard to accept.
- You can also volunteer or financially support those organizations who are rescuing and helping with the healing process for survivors.
- Write letters to community leaders and law makers, CEO’s, activists and child advocates, and celebrities with a wide reach, who are passionate about helping children, sharing your passionate perspective on why we each have a responsibility to work together to end this horror.
Basically, take action on the love we have for our children. We can help by doing all we can to protect them.
#SHOC #StopHurtingOurChildren We can #EndChildSexSlavery #InOurLifetime
What economic policies can help with ending this evil?
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Once saved from this evil, what services exist for children to heal? List support organizations
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How does sexual abuse affect a child’s brain and emotional development?
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What is the history of buying and selling children for sex? How long has this evil existed?
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What does the law say about child trafficking? What sentences are common for convicted traffickers?
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How does cultural norms help to perpetuate sex trafficking? Child “marriages”
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Which companies or organizations are employing child labor?
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