Stop Using the Term Underage Women
The June 2019 arrest of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has brought the issue of human trafficking into the news again. It is a good time to talk about how to refer to the victims and survivors of this evil.
Associazione on the Road Onlus di Martinsicuro
http://www.ontheroadonlus.it/Volunteer Opportunities: Yes
Mission
Our mission is to offer proposals inclusive performing and vulnerable persons and in situation of social exclusion, with particular reference to the victims of human trafficking, women victims of violence, migrants in difficulty, people refugees and asylum seekers and offer while services to local communities, public institutions, social organizations on issues related and consequential.
- Contact Information:
- Via delle Lancette, 27 – 64014 (TE)
- Martinsicuro,
- Italy
- Active In: Italy
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Aftercare
- Forms of Slavery:
- Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor
- Tel: (+39).0861.796666
- Email: info@ontheroadonlus.it
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The Myth of Abduction
The stereotype has been influenced by the movie Taken, which brought awareness to the issue of sex trafficking but also left people thinking that trafficking is white women bring kidnapped and sold to the highest bidder.
The "Chocolate Slaves" of the Ivory Coast
Cocoa is the main ingredient found in chocolate. A large percentage of the world's cocoa comes from the Ivory Coast in West Africa. Many times, forced labor and child labor are used to harvest cocoa beans. Learn more at the Insights Lecture Series at the Cincinnati Museum Center on October 4th, 2018.