Because Sex-Trafficking and Narcotics
Causing Death is Never Forgotten
About U.S. Dept of
Education on Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking and its Impact on Schools
Trafficking can involve school-age
children—particularly those not living with their parents—who are vulnerable to
coerced labor exploitation, domestic servitude, or commercial sexual
exploitation.
Sex traffickers target children because of
their vulnerability and gullibility, as well as the market demand for young
victims. Those who recruit minors into prostitution violate federal
anti-trafficking laws, even if there is no coercion or movement across state
lines. The children at risk are not just high school students—studies
demonstrate that pimps prey on victims as young as 12. Traffickers target their
minor victims through telephone and on-line chat-rooms, clubs, on the street,
through friends, and at malls, as well as by using girls to recruit other girls
at schools and after-school programs.
Child trafficking is linked to a host of
social issues including public health problems, the growth of organized crime,
and decreased economic productivity due to lower education levels of victims.
Its deep psychosocial impact on victims includes physical health problems such
as malnourishment and sexually transmitted infections as well as emotional
problems ranging from depression and anxiety to low self-esteem and behavioral
problems.10 The
spread of HIV/AIDS to victims of sex trafficking contributes to a public health
epidemic,11 and
the educational deprivation that many victims experience relegates them to the
lowest rungs of society.
The U.S. Shared Hope
International and Polaris Project Coalitions
Shared Hope International exists to rescue
and restore women and children in crisis. We are leaders in a worldwide effort
to prevent and eradicate sex trafficking and slavery through education and
public awareness.
Polaris Project is a leading organization
in the United States combating all forms of human trafficking and serving both
U.S. citizens and foreign national victims, including men, women, and children.
We use a holistic strategy, taking what we learn from our work with
survivors and using it to guide the creation of long-term solutions. We
strive for systemic change by advocating for
stronger federal and state laws, operating the National
Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline 1.888.3737.888, and providing
services to help our clients and all victims of human trafficking.
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