EnACT
Human Trafficking: Vulnerability of Minorities
Location
Room #2 (A115)
Document Type
Presentation
Type
EnACT
UN Sustainable Development Goal
UNSDG #16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Start Date
26-4-2023 10:40 AM
End Date
26-4-2023 10:55 AM
Abstract
Human trafficking violates human rights, exploiting and robbing victims of their freedoms, yet remains a persistent part of society. Becoming increasingly widespread across the world, it is difficult to identify trafficking victims due to activity being committed in illegal, informal, or unregulated sectors. However, with communities that fail to fully acknowledge the dangers of this crime, children easily become its most vulnerable victims, unaware of its precursing signs and unable to hold resistance or defend themselves from perpetrators. Current legislation policies are ineffective in preventing the rise of human trafficking, and fail to assert protection for children. Recognizing the severity of this issue, our Student Leadership Exchange (SLX) project aims to propose legislation that will mandate human trafficking education for 6-8th grade students in Illinois public schools. By educating students on how traffickers lure their victims and how to avoid potentially dangerous situations, as well as signs of human trafficking and how to alert police, this curriculum will prevent youth from becoming victims of human trafficking and raise awareness in order to encourage reporting of the crime. Through the confrontation against the lack of awareness that harbors child exploitation in human trafficking, this program will ensure that young students in danger of becoming victims have enough knowledge to discern and prevent cases of human trafficking.
Human Trafficking: Vulnerability of Minorities
Room #2 (A115)
Human trafficking violates human rights, exploiting and robbing victims of their freedoms, yet remains a persistent part of society. Becoming increasingly widespread across the world, it is difficult to identify trafficking victims due to activity being committed in illegal, informal, or unregulated sectors. However, with communities that fail to fully acknowledge the dangers of this crime, children easily become its most vulnerable victims, unaware of its precursing signs and unable to hold resistance or defend themselves from perpetrators. Current legislation policies are ineffective in preventing the rise of human trafficking, and fail to assert protection for children. Recognizing the severity of this issue, our Student Leadership Exchange (SLX) project aims to propose legislation that will mandate human trafficking education for 6-8th grade students in Illinois public schools. By educating students on how traffickers lure their victims and how to avoid potentially dangerous situations, as well as signs of human trafficking and how to alert police, this curriculum will prevent youth from becoming victims of human trafficking and raise awareness in order to encourage reporting of the crime. Through the confrontation against the lack of awareness that harbors child exploitation in human trafficking, this program will ensure that young students in danger of becoming victims have enough knowledge to discern and prevent cases of human trafficking.