Justice Presentation
Transcript: Human Trafficking in Philadelphia Definition DEFINITION Sex Trafficking occurs when someone uses force, fraud or coercion to cause a commercial sex act with an adult or causes a minor to commit a commercial sex act. Commercial sex act includes prostitution, pornography and sexual performance done in exchange for any item of value, such as money, drugs, shelter, food, or clothes. Statistics - Every year in the U.S. 100,000 children are involved in prostitution. - A study of five U.S. cities concluded 300,000 domestic minors were involved in prostitution. - In Pennsylvania, 12 percent of those involved in prostitution are male, 74 female and 14 percent unknown. Twenty-one percent are minors. - The average age of entry into prostitution is 13-years-old. At Risk CAUSES Youth who have run away from home or been kicked out of home Homeless population People who have been sexually and/or physically victimized in the past Foreign nationals who are here for work People who live in extreme poverty Refugees Migrant workers People who have been smuggled into the country People with cognitive disabilities People with mental health issues People who have been trafficked in the past PCAR IJM "Blaming poverty for crimes like this is convenient - it seems to make trafficking beyond our control. But, I strongly believe that poverty is just one of those factors that makes people vulnerable to be trafficked..." Demand Push Factors Pull Factors PROGRAMS Organizations Psalm 82:4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." PCAR Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape -Provides holistic legal assistance to survivors via the Sexual Violence Legal Assistance Project 2018 -NSVRC -Raliance -escape FREE FREE Freedom and Restoration for Everyone Enslaved -prayer walks -education -Restoration House Philadelphia Anit-Trafficking Coalition -training events -outreach -resource guide Philadelphia Anti-Trafficking Coalition JUSTICE Shalom Victim's Justice -Social awareness and protection -Restore to community Trafficker's Justice -Decreasing demand -Higher fines and Penalties Isaiah 61:8 For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. The Individual What can I do? -pray -participate in organizations like IJM -donate -build relationships IJM.org, International Justice Mission, www.ijm.org/our-work/sex-trafficking/. Accessed 4 Dec. 2018. www.pcar.org, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, www.pcar.org/about-us/about-pcar. Accessed 4 Dec. 2018. "Addressing the Root Causes ." , www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Toolkit-files/08-58296_tool_9-2.pdf. Accessed 4 Dec. 2018. "Human Trafficking: Definition, Prevalence, and Causes ." City Vision University, www.cityvision.edu/wiki/human-trafficking-definition-prevalence-and-causes. Accessed 4 Dec. 2018. Rotenburg, Carl. "Human Trafficking Statistics are Chilling." The Times Herald, 9 Jan. 2013, www.timesherald.com/news/human-trafficking-statistics-are-chilling/article_e3f307dd-d645-5cec-90ea-d18ac474f802.html. Accessed 4 Dec. 2018. FREE, Freedom and Restoration for Everyone Enslaved, www.freefromht.org/restoration-home/. Accessed 4 Dec. 2018. www.patcoalition.org, Philadelphia Anti-Trafficking Coalition, www.patcoalition.org/who_we_are.html. Accessed 4 Dec. 2018. CITATIONS Sources