The shame of sexual exploitation can lead to social ostracism for trafficked women and girls and is a fact of life for victims all across the world. Families either disown their offspring or risk being disowned themselves by communities who believe that the fault lies with the victim and not the trafficker.
In Southern Africa, trafficked women from poor rural areas often rejected by their families upon their return, are forced to move to urban areas and work in the sex industry in order to survive. For them, commercial sex is the only way they know of earning a living. In other parts of Africa, and elsewhere in Europe and South America, there is the stigma of failure if a trafficked victim returns without any money or the promised wealth that going abroad was supposed to achieve, regardless of how that money was gained.
In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the stigma of being trafficked for sexual exploitation is forcing the majority of trafficked women and girls who return home not to seek assistance they need to recover, even though comprehensive assistance programmes are available.
It is a tragic to look at our own situation in Sri Lanka, where the female and children traffcking is performed without any shame. Specially this was highly occurred during Tsunami Devastation and Usually in the war times. Now its the time for the government, NGOs and other so-called Womens' Movements to come front and eliminate trafficking of women and children.
(These topics sounds "dry" but its essential for U all to know these evils exist in our society and as the youth in LK we have to make a "Voice" against all these misconduct becos next time that person may be Ur sister or Ur own children.)
In Southern Africa, trafficked women from poor rural areas often rejected by their families upon their return, are forced to move to urban areas and work in the sex industry in order to survive. For them, commercial sex is the only way they know of earning a living. In other parts of Africa, and elsewhere in Europe and South America, there is the stigma of failure if a trafficked victim returns without any money or the promised wealth that going abroad was supposed to achieve, regardless of how that money was gained.
In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the stigma of being trafficked for sexual exploitation is forcing the majority of trafficked women and girls who return home not to seek assistance they need to recover, even though comprehensive assistance programmes are available.
It is a tragic to look at our own situation in Sri Lanka, where the female and children traffcking is performed without any shame. Specially this was highly occurred during Tsunami Devastation and Usually in the war times. Now its the time for the government, NGOs and other so-called Womens' Movements to come front and eliminate trafficking of women and children.
(These topics sounds "dry" but its essential for U all to know these evils exist in our society and as the youth in LK we have to make a "Voice" against all these misconduct becos next time that person may be Ur sister or Ur own children.)
