togo article

This was not the first time that I have heard about human trafficking in Africa, among other places in the world, I was shocked to how young some of the girls where. When I hear the words “human trafficking” my mind automatically jumps to forced prostitution. 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 mess during their lives while still being so young breaks my heart. In my opinion, the main cause of all of this is the poverty that these people live in, because the few cents a day that they make is what they must survive with, they will take any job they can find for themselves or their daughters, just to support their families. They don’t have the time or luxury of even thinking of the horrible things that might happen to them, leaving home to work for a stranger. I think that this problem might be solved if more jobs start to appear, a union for housekeepers might help as well, and the police and law makers cracking down on abusive employers.