{"id":10468,"date":"2016-08-15T11:55:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T11:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/global-issues\/?page_id=10468"},"modified":"2016-08-15T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T11:55:08","slug":"human-trafficking-and-slavery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/global-issues\/modules-10-12\/module-twelve-rising-to-meet-a-world-of-global-challenges\/human-trafficking-and-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Trafficking and Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>Human trafficking, including forced labour and sexual exploitation, is identified by the UN as a serious crime and grave violation of human rights.<br \/>\nIt is an issue that impacts on every country in the world, including developed countries.  While there are no reliable figures to quantify the number of victims (due to the hidden nature of this crime), it is estimated that it represents over $30 billion dollars in illegal international trade each year. Eliminating trafficking and sexual exploitation of girls and women (who are disproportionately affected by this crime) is identified as a target within the Sustainable Development Goals.\n<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about human trafficking, watch the video and read the two brief articles below.\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch:\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Witness: Illuminating the World of Modern-day Slavery: Lisa Kristine<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainlinks\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425px\" height=\"355px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WwB6bPgPol4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\nRead:\n<\/p>\n<p>David Feingold, \u2018Human Trafficking\u2019, <i>Foreign Policy<\/i>, Available at:\n<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrusa.org\/workshops\/trafficking\/ThinkAgain.pdf\">http:\/\/www.hrusa.org\/workshops\/trafficking\/ThinkAgain.pdf<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRead:\n<\/p>\n<p>Janet Walsh, Human Trafficking: It\u2019s Not Just About Sexual Exploitation, Human Rights Watch, Available at:\n<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/11\/06\/human-trafficking-its-not-just-about-sexual-exploitation\">https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/11\/06\/human-trafficking-its-not-just-about-sexual-exploitation<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.015 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.014 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 32\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 206\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 112\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 79\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 4\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:170305-0!*!*!*!*!*!* and timestamp 20160815115505 and revision id 979307\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/global-issues\/modules-10-12\/module-twelve-rising-to-meet-a-world-of-global-challenges\/gender-equality\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/global-issues\/modules-10-12\/module-twelve-rising-to-meet-a-world-of-global-challenges\/terrorism\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human trafficking, including forced labour and sexual exploitation, is identified by the UN as a serious crime and grave violation of human rights. It is an issue that impacts on every country in the world, including developed countries. 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