Child Sex Trade in Southeast Asia

Unfortunately, one million children have to encounter child trafficking due to various horrifying living conditions.  Mr. Nicholas Christophe mentioned the collapse of communism, socialism, mobility across countries, and the rise of aids. The fact that many partners desire younger children as sexual partners to prevent the risk of possibly getting aids these children become placed in situations that are unbearable and in their case uncontrollable.   Imagine your child going out to play as he/she normally does enjoying their outside time and playing with his/her favorite toy.  Suddenly, you realize that your child is no longer in your view as you look out the window then proceed outside to find that your child is nowhere in sight.  Human trafficking is what a lot of parents in Southeast countries have had to encounter as girls are kidnapped and lured in by complete strangers using candy, drugs, and other methods to succumb to this horrible injustice.  Mr. Christophe emphasized that coalitions are paying more attention to human trafficking and commends a man by the name of John Miller who is a part of the evangelical and liberal feminist movement to find ways to aid this dramatic issue.  It is a sad situation to read that 12-13 year old girls have to forfeit their bodies to prostitution to just help their family.  The United Nations Children's Funds (UNICEF) "advocates and supports the creation of a protective environment for children in partnership with governments, national and international partners including the private sector and civil society."   When researching information about trafficking I chose France and it was discovered that France is one of the destination countries for women and girls exploited for sex from place such as, Romania, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and other Asian countries.   Social justice changes that could help end trafficking would be to try to participate in a state wide call-in day to fight human trafficking which occurred in Maryland on April 5, 2011.  This call-in consisted of Maryland residents contacting Chairman Vallario who could advance a bill that would ensure that convicted traffickers would receive harsher punishment.   Overall, human trafficking is inhuman and needs to be abolished FOREVER amongst all nations to include the United States of America.