The A21 Campaign is one of the organizations LouRayes' proceeds are donated to. The A21 Campaign stands for abolishing injustice in the 21st century. Anyone can join - everyone can make a difference.a A21 works to hit human trafficking from all directions in order to abolish the trade of humans. Human Trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery.
Here is what you need to know:
STATISTICS
·The International Labour Office (ILO) estimate that the slave trade generates close to US$32 billion annually.[1]
· Trafficking in women is the second largest global organized crime today, generating approximately US$12 billion a year.[2]
· 120,000 women and children are trafficked each year into EU member states, and 90 percent end up in the sex industry.[3]
· Of individuals trafficked internationally from impoverished countries, 80 percent are female and 50 percent are children.[4]
· There are 1.39 million victims of commercial sexual servitude worldwide.[5]
· Over 25% of these victims are trafficked from Southern and Eastern Europe.[6]
· There is an estimated 20,000 women and girls trafficked into the Greek sex industry, Greece has been labelled, “the centre of trafficking in Europe.”[7]
· In some cases, human trafficking victims are forced to service as many as 40 men in one day[8]
· Even if recovered by police, girls as young as 13 are simply put in jail for illegal immigration[9]
· Victims who are not rescued are known to assist in the trafficking of new victims in a desperate attempt for their own freedom, perpetuating the cycle[10]
Please Visit The A21 Campaign at www.thea21campaign.org.
**LouRaye's is merely in support of The A21 Campaign, we are A21 abolitionists, but not representatives.
SOURCES:
[1] International Labour Office, A Global Alliance Against Forced Labour (May 2005)
[2] UNODC in Tommaso, M. et. al., 2009, ‘As Bad As It Gets: Well-being Depravation of Sexually Exploited Trafficked Women’, European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 25, pp. 143-162.
[3] Miron Varouhakis, “Trafficked Women Are Victims,” Global Outlook (Centre for Research on Globalisation, July 26, 2002)
[4] US Department of State, 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report (Washington, DC)
[5] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2009, Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns, Available: http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Global_Report_on_TIP.pdf
[6] Hook, M., Gjermeni, E. & Haxhiymeri, E., 2009, ‘Sexual Trafficking of Women: Tragic Proportions and Attempted Solutions in Albania’, International Social Work, Vol. 49, Is. 1, pp.29-40.
[7] Andrea Hötzeldt, “Prevention and Fight Against Trafficking: Institutional Developments in Europe” in Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research (2003), 2. http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/daphnetoolkit/files/projects/2002_010/int_fight_against_trafficking_greece_report_2003.pdf[8] US Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report (2008), 26. http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/
[9] Andrea Hötzeldt, “Prevention and Fight Against Trafficking: Institutional Developments in Europe” in Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research (2003), 7. http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/daphnetoolkit/files/projects/2002_010/int_fight_against_trafficking_greece_report_2003.pdf
[10] Rebecca Suretees, “Traffickers and Trafficking in Southern and Eastern Europe” in European Journal of Criminology vol. 5, no. 1, 2008) 139-68.
[a] The A21 Campaign- Who We Are. http://www.thea21campaign.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319&Itemid=313&lang=en
Here is what you need to know:
STATISTICS
·The International Labour Office (ILO) estimate that the slave trade generates close to US$32 billion annually.[1]
· Trafficking in women is the second largest global organized crime today, generating approximately US$12 billion a year.[2]
· 120,000 women and children are trafficked each year into EU member states, and 90 percent end up in the sex industry.[3]
· Of individuals trafficked internationally from impoverished countries, 80 percent are female and 50 percent are children.[4]
· There are 1.39 million victims of commercial sexual servitude worldwide.[5]
· Over 25% of these victims are trafficked from Southern and Eastern Europe.[6]
· There is an estimated 20,000 women and girls trafficked into the Greek sex industry, Greece has been labelled, “the centre of trafficking in Europe.”[7]
· In some cases, human trafficking victims are forced to service as many as 40 men in one day[8]
· Even if recovered by police, girls as young as 13 are simply put in jail for illegal immigration[9]
· Victims who are not rescued are known to assist in the trafficking of new victims in a desperate attempt for their own freedom, perpetuating the cycle[10]
Please Visit The A21 Campaign at www.thea21campaign.org.
**LouRaye's is merely in support of The A21 Campaign, we are A21 abolitionists, but not representatives.
SOURCES:
[1] International Labour Office, A Global Alliance Against Forced Labour (May 2005)
[2] UNODC in Tommaso, M. et. al., 2009, ‘As Bad As It Gets: Well-being Depravation of Sexually Exploited Trafficked Women’, European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 25, pp. 143-162.
[3] Miron Varouhakis, “Trafficked Women Are Victims,” Global Outlook (Centre for Research on Globalisation, July 26, 2002)
[4] US Department of State, 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report (Washington, DC)
[5] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2009, Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns, Available: http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Global_Report_on_TIP.pdf
[6] Hook, M., Gjermeni, E. & Haxhiymeri, E., 2009, ‘Sexual Trafficking of Women: Tragic Proportions and Attempted Solutions in Albania’, International Social Work, Vol. 49, Is. 1, pp.29-40.
[7] Andrea Hötzeldt, “Prevention and Fight Against Trafficking: Institutional Developments in Europe” in Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research (2003), 2. http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/daphnetoolkit/files/projects/2002_010/int_fight_against_trafficking_greece_report_2003.pdf[8] US Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report (2008), 26. http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/
[9] Andrea Hötzeldt, “Prevention and Fight Against Trafficking: Institutional Developments in Europe” in Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research (2003), 7. http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/daphnetoolkit/files/projects/2002_010/int_fight_against_trafficking_greece_report_2003.pdf
[10] Rebecca Suretees, “Traffickers and Trafficking in Southern and Eastern Europe” in European Journal of Criminology vol. 5, no. 1, 2008) 139-68.
[a] The A21 Campaign- Who We Are. http://www.thea21campaign.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319&Itemid=313&lang=en
