Hooray!

Had to find something to make me feel a little better before I went to bed.

Chester Township woman helps battle modern-day slavery

"Neigher said her lifelong concerns about human trafficking began when she wrote a ninth-grade paper on migrant laborers while a student at Monroe High School in Rochester, N.Y. Her mother was a social worker in a county with a high population of migrant workers."

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Maybe a little less hoorayish:

In Deterring Modern-Day Slavery, California is Stopped Short

"Young children and women remain heavily exploited. Crisis Aid states that the average age of a trafficked victim is 12-14 years old; however, girls as young as 5 and 6 years old may be sexually trafficked in the United States."

 

"With regards to forced labor, 40-50% of the exploited are children, while 56% of all forced labor victims are women and girls. Health and Human Services claims that “women and children are overwhelmingly trafficked in labor arenas because of their relative lack of power, social marginalization, and their overall status as compared to men.”

"Two types of labor trafficking exists: bonded and forced. The former, also known as debt bondage, remains the most common form of enslavement. The victim must repay a loan by providing labor, and the value of his/her work often exceeds the sum of money owed. The latter forces one to work under threats of violence against the individual or the family."