Defending Human Rights: Human Trafficking, Forced Child Labor, And Human Rights

In chapter 8 of Global Issues, Local Arguments, June Johnson exposes the concept that women are being used as a tactic and war as well as being sexually abused. In “Defending Human Rights: Human Trafficking, Forced Child Labor, and Rape as a Weapon of War, (384-439)”developing countries women are being treated unfairly as well having little say in the government leading to a delay in fixing the issue. Johnson also includes “Ten Radical Acts for Congo the New Year (434-41).” These issues were caused by the end of slavery and thus leading to people needing a new source of workers. The effects of the Ill treatment consist of children and women dying. Many stake holders to fixing the problem is to involve the women in the government. Unless stakeholders

It is stated that human trafficking is the present day form of slavery. It is said that once the thirteenth amendment was put into place, trafficking began to arise due to the increasing needs of workers. The workers had to be smuggled over and were also taken without choice occasionally. In the Global Hotspot: Democratic Republic of Congo it states that human trafficking is occurring due to the need for mine workers and people to make jewelry and electronics. In the International Voices the writer speaks about how women have become a toy of war in Liberian civil war. The effects of human trafficking, child labor, and rape as a weapon are mainly women and children dying as well as little done to change the ways. In chapter 8, Johnson states that several million are trafficked yearly (385). This leads to many women being shipped around without choice most of the time and leaving families broken in the aftermath. In the Global Hotspot: Democratic Republic of Congo it is written that “1,152 women are raped everyday” (395). Lastly, Ensler writes that in the Congo, “Almost 6 million dead. Almost 500 thousand raped [in the 12 year period]