response on human trafficing

Although this was not the first time I have heard about human trafficking in Africa, among other places in the world, I was shocked as to how young some of the girls where. When I hear the words “human trafficking” my mind automatically jumps to illegal kidnapping that lead to forced prostitution. The book that I read over the summer “Sold” had a lot to do with this and it too told the story of an unfortunate victim of this situation. The article tells the story of a girl who had been working as a maid since she was nine years old, and how she was abused and mistreated. The fact that so many of these girls have to go through such horrible conditions during their lives just to get unfair wages and a place to sleep is heartbreaking. In my opinion, the main cause of all of this mess is the poverty that these people live in, because they must live off of cents a day, they will take any job they can find for themselves or their daughters. They don’t have the luxury of thinking of the horrible consequences that might come along with leaving home to work for a stranger. I think that this problem might be solved if more job opportunities appear, a union for housekeepers might help as well and serve as a place of justice for these girls, as well as law enforcement cracking down on abusive employers.