Sunday, November 1, 2009

Trafficking Women

So what does Trafficking Women have to do with beauty? Two weeks ago I was given an assignment in my college writing class. It was a research assignment, and I had to work in a group. The research paper had to be on a global issue. Once my group was chosen we had to think of a topic that related to all three of our topics. Tayler was in my group, and her topic is How to be a Lady. Then Tyler was the other girl in the group, and her topic was stereotypes. We went into the lab and started researching. We decided as a group to do Woman's Rights. Then we talked it over with our teacher; she told us it was too broad of a topic. Then we search for a the next couple days. Tayler came across Trafficking Women. At first, I was kinda iffy about it and didn't think it would be that interesting. Then I started to read articles, and it started to pull me in. I thought, at first, it only happened in the Middle-East and Europe. Then Tayler found an article that said 50,000 women are trafficked in and out of America each year! (I can't find the article but when I do, I will post it.)The definition of Human Trafficking is the practice of people being tricked, lured, coerced or otherwise removed from their home or country, and then compelled to work with no or low payment or on terms which are highly exploitative(Wikipedia). SO, as of now this is all I know about Trafficking Women. From now till the end of the assignment I will be posting about Trafficking Women globally. This is all for now. Bye :)

5 comments:

  1. Wow, I have never really heard of this topic before but I like it because I think a lot of other people aren't going to know much about it either. I would like to be informed with greater detain about trafficing women. So I look forward to hearing what you guys come up with. Great job.

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  2. This essay is going to be a lot of work and I think you girls have a good start! This def. is an interesting topic! I'll be sure to keep reading what you blog about next.
    Also, good job using my website on last weeks blog. I thought a plastic surgery pagent was pretty crazy!?

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  3. I love how you guys are seeing parallels and common ground in your blogs/topics. And trafficking women does have to do with beauty--or at least the objectification of women!

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  4. Marie Claire magazine often publishes stories about women in the sex trade and often these women are victims of trafficking. The following is from the Oct 09 issue:
    http://www.marieclaire.com/world-reports/news/international/diary-escaped-sex-slave
    A non-profit group working with victims of trafficking:
    http://www.somaly.org/

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  5. If you haven't read the young adult book, Sold by Patricia Mccormick, I definitely suggest it. It's about a young girl in Nepal who is sold into prostitution in India. The book is written in a poetry format, which makes it a quick(er) read, but it's still very powerful.

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