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Carrie Ngangnang

Carrie Ngangnang. Justice Advocate with International Justice Mission. What is Human Trafficking?. HT is a form of modern day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. In other words, HT is the buying and selling of human beings.

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Carrie Ngangnang

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  1. Carrie Ngangnang Justice Advocate with International Justice Mission

  2. What is Human Trafficking? HT is a form of modern day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. In other words, HT is the buying and selling of human beings. HT is considered to be one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world.

  3. The Facts about Slavery • 27 million people are slaves today - Unicef • 1-1.2 million children are trafficked every year - U.S. Dept. of State, Unicef • 80% of trafficking victims are women and girls - U.S. Dept of State • 50% of trafficking victims are minors - U.S. Dept of State • Human Trafficking is the 2nd largest criminal enterprise behind drugs, and the fastest growing - U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

  4. Types of Slavery Today Sex Trafficking:(Forced prostitution, Residential Brothels, Brothels disguised as businesses such as massage parlors, nail salons, etc.) Labor Trafficking:(Domestic workers held in a home, Farm workers forced to labor against their will, Kitchen workers in restaurants) Debt Bondage Labor: (Forced to work in order to pay back a debt or loan, Brick Kiln’s, Rice Mills, Farms) Child Soldiers:(unlawful recruitment or use of children – through force, fraud, or coercion – as combatants or for labor or sexual exploitation by armed forces)

  5. International Justice Mission (ijm.org) Founded by Gary Haugen, former lead investigator for the UN after the Rwanda genocide of 1994 Four-Fold Mission (12 countries): • Victim Relief (immediate care for victim) • Perpetrator Accountability (ensure justice) • Survivor Aftercare (equipped to rebuild lives) • Structural Transformation (prevention)

  6. Slavery No More (slaverynomore.org) Founders husband and wife duo Peter and Jocelyn White The mission of Slavery No More is to resource a diversity of the most effective organizations working to combat and abolish modern-day slavery and human trafficking, and to create awareness and a diversity of opportunities for meaningful personal engagement.

  7. William Wilberforce (1759-1833) Worked for over 20 yrs to end the trans-Atlantic slave trade 11 million slaves were brought via slave ships and about 1.4 died on the ships Goods sold in Africa in exchange for slaves --> slaves then sold in America to work sugar fields, cotton, etc. --> taken to Europe for sale

  8. Wilberforce used posters such as this one to show people what conditions were like for slaves This got every ones attention!

  9. How is our Government today working to end slavery? Trafficking Victims Protection Act: (provide the tools to combat trafficking in persons both worldwide and domestically) Result: Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2011/

  10. You might not be 18 yet, but you do have a vote Change Lives with Everything you Buy Examples: Chocolate: Ivory Coast Electronics (coltan): DRC

  11. Zach Hunter, Teenage Abolitionist (http://www.zachhunter.me/) Started organization Loose Change to Loosen Chains • Get Informed - knowing the facts gives you credibility • Speak Up - talk about HT with your family, friends, clubs, FB, Twitter • Do Something - buy fair trade, volunteer with an organization

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