Summary of Human Trafficking

hello history lovers!! today i am talking about human trafficking. as scary as it sounds it is happening all around us today even in the united states!! there are many types of human trafficking, whether it is sex trafficking or for forced labor they both involve kidnapping and people being forced against their will. i mainly focused on forced child marriages (which you can see in my previous blog post) which is mainly focused around the middle east region. I learned from this that it is a much bigger problem than we believe, even though we say that "the girls aren't our problem" or "we don't live there" but it is very serious. when a young girl is forced into a marriage, they have a very high risk of dying, whether its from HIV/AIDS (from their spouse) or complications in pregnancy/childbirth. these child deaths need to stop, millions of young girls die every year that don't need too. what i learned is that forced marriage, forced ANYTHING is scary!! and we are SO fortunate to live in our home where we are free to marry who we want and live how we want.

thanks for reading!!

xoxo

ellie