Comments for SPOTLIGHT Human Trafficking Awareness Forum(Africa) http://spotlightforum.wordpress.com Creating Public Awareness to Expose Modern Day Slavery Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:01:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Human Trafficking Awareness starts at Home by Mr. Cheeseburger 9000 http://spotlightforum.wordpress.com/2007/12/26/human-trafficking-awareness-starts-at-home/#comment-2 Mr. Cheeseburger 9000 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:01:07 +0000 http://spotlightforum.wordpress.com/2007/12/26/human-trafficking-awareness-starts-at-home/#comment-2 Thank you for this posting. You are absolutely right. It's a horrible problem that leads to institutionalized exploitation of women and children. It's so hippocrtical when countries make claims to stop human trafficking and then the prostitution industry, which utilizes so many of women slaves, is allowed to flourish. They're one in the same. The issue is also a big one in Kosovo. Come to Kosovo and you will see tons of motels on the street. Trust me when I say that there is really no legitimate need for that amount of motels. Ask the locals and everyone knows what's going on in there: prostitution. Many of those are individuals who have been trafficked in from countries like Moldova. And back to the whole institutionalized nature of the problem. A few years ago, some UN police were caught up in a prostitution ring stemming from human trafficking. How is this allowed to happen? Apart from the economic issues, there are deeper ones, such as how society views and objectifies women as sex objects. You are what you think, right? If you look at society's views -- official and unoffical -- it's unfortunate that its no surprise at all that human trafficking is and will remain a problem. Thank you for this posting. You are absolutely right. It’s a horrible problem that leads to institutionalized exploitation of women and children. It’s so hippocrtical when countries make claims to stop human trafficking and then the prostitution industry, which utilizes so many of women slaves, is allowed to flourish. They’re one in the same.

The issue is also a big one in Kosovo. Come to Kosovo and you will see tons of motels on the street. Trust me when I say that there is really no legitimate need for that amount of motels. Ask the locals and everyone knows what’s going on in there: prostitution. Many of those are individuals who have been trafficked in from countries like Moldova.

And back to the whole institutionalized nature of the problem. A few years ago, some UN police were caught up in a prostitution ring stemming from human trafficking. How is this allowed to happen? Apart from the economic issues, there are deeper ones, such as how society views and objectifies women as sex objects.

You are what you think, right? If you look at society’s views — official and unoffical — it’s unfortunate that its no surprise at all that human trafficking is and will remain a problem.

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