Trafficking of African Women and Girls

Trafficking Of African Women and Girls

Part 1 : Problem : Human trafficking tarnishes the global scene today , as slavery used to decades ago . The women and girls are vulnerable to exploitation within the country as well as out of the country . The trafficking of women and girls for prostitution is a big business . The horrific experiences of migrant women and girls , who have very little choice or control over their lives is a sad tale . Women are made to work in extremely exploitive conditions of sexual exploitation , forced to risky practices , high levels

of exposure to HIV , threat , violence and even murder . The trafficking of women is th third largest profit making business which runs in the form of organized crime . It is just little behind the practices in the field of drug deals and arms deals . Human trafficking denotes business with human souls and spirit , which is inhuman . Africa needs to establish stronger laws against trafficking of women and girls , supported by Commonwealth , Amnesty International , Human Rights and other world forums

International Law under the rules defined by human rights with the support of United Nations , needs to play a very proactive role in safeguarding and protecting the victims who have been subjected to trafficking . The doctrine of International law needs to be more defined to help and support individual within the state rather than the protection of the state alone . In the past International Law was notorious for the ease with which it sanctioned violence against non-western people (Bal Krishnan Rajagopal , 2003 .p .11 ) in the colonial set-up . The advocates of International Law should avoid the previous path of resistance to interfere in the issues related to domestic events and violence . Rather it should actively get involved to address such issues and help the government and the local bodies take effective steps to control such problem . The law enforcement authorities need to put together an effective plan to ensure safety and forced exploitation . The cross b laws need to get tighter so that loopholes may not be wrongfully used by people to migrate across bs illegally for better prospects and then being exploited to prostitution and forced labor

The universal definition of trafficking as formulated by Human Rights can be briefed in this summary and statement . It defines trafficking in persons as the employment , carrying , transfer , possession or delivery of persons , by the use of intimidation or compulsion in which some kind of kidnapping , cheating , deceit , oppression and exploitation is used . It further states that any exchange (giving or receiving ) of expenses in the form of payment or profit to induce a person to give consent in the situation when a person is having control over the other person , for the deceptive purpose of exploitation ( even if the person has given consent ) comes under the practice of trafficking . Exploitation has been further expanded to define exploitation for the purpose of prostitution which means sexual exploitation in various models . It also includes forced labor of services , slavery or practices similar...