Please Use Social Media To Stop Sex Trafficking In Canada
Sex trafficking is something that I normally don’t write about. But if you stick with me, you’ll see how this fits in with this blog, and how you can use technology to help to stop it. And this discussion is timely seeing as December 6th is the National Day of Violence Against Women.
First, some stats to frame this discussion:
Most people associate trafficking with travel across national borders – but in Canada 93% of trafficking victims come from within Canada’s borders.
On average a trafficker makes $280,000 for each girl they force into prostitution.
Canada currently has no standard system for trafficking incidents: a national, coordinated research is needed for data collection.
13 is the average age when girls are first trafficked.
While the public focus on sexual assault and rape culture has dramatically increased over the past year, the sex trafficking of Canadian girls within Canada remains noticeably absent from the agenda and discourse.
With that in mind, I’d like you to watch a video called #ShesNotForSale which highlights that a 2014 RCMP report found that 93 per cent of Canada’s sex trafficking victims are Canadian girlswho have either been groomed online or lured into false “boyfriend” relationships at the local mall or recreational centre. It isn’t a long video at 44 seconds. But it is the best 44 seconds that you’ll spend all day:
After you watch this video, I’d like you to use social media to spread the word. Here’s some suggestions:
Our girls are sex trafficked right under our noses. Plz share & raise awareness! #ShesNotForSale https://youtu.be/C2YLR4ZLDlk
#SexTrafficking is Canadian girls bought and sold every day. Impossible #not #ShesNotForSale https://youtu.be/C2YLR4ZLDlk
98% of #sextrafficking victims worldwide are female. In Canada, 93% of victims are Cdn. #ShesNotForSale https://youtu.be/C2YLR4ZLDlk
Most common recruitment age for #sextrafficking in Canada? 13 – 14 y/o. Crazy, right? #ShesNotForSale https://youtu.be/C2YLR4ZLDlk
You can also share this post as well as go to www.joysmithfoundation.com to learn more. With your help, we can put an end to this. Please help to put an end to sex trafficking in Canada.
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Please Use Social Media To Stop Sex Trafficking In Canada
Sex trafficking is something that I normally don’t write about. But if you stick with me, you’ll see how this fits in with this blog, and how you can use technology to help to stop it. And this discussion is timely seeing as December 6th is the National Day of Violence Against Women.
First, some stats to frame this discussion:
While the public focus on sexual assault and rape culture has dramatically increased over the past year, the sex trafficking of Canadian girls within Canada remains noticeably absent from the agenda and discourse.
With that in mind, I’d like you to watch a video called #ShesNotForSale which highlights that a 2014 RCMP report found that 93 per cent of Canada’s sex trafficking victims are Canadian girls who have either been groomed online or lured into false “boyfriend” relationships at the local mall or recreational centre. It isn’t a long video at 44 seconds. But it is the best 44 seconds that you’ll spend all day:
After you watch this video, I’d like you to use social media to spread the word. Here’s some suggestions:
You can also share this post as well as go to www.joysmithfoundation.com to learn more. With your help, we can put an end to this. Please help to put an end to sex trafficking in Canada.
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