Human Trafficking JSS3 Social Studies Lesson Note

TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN

(HUMAN TRAFFICKING)

Human trafficking is the act of taking children and women out of their homes to work as domestic servants or commercial sex workers in or out of their country.

Factors Responsible for Trafficking in Children and Women

1.  Bad Economy:  The economic challenges have greatly motivated.  So many people engage in the bad act of child and woman trafficking.  This happens because everyone is finding means of making ends meet.
2.  Crave of wealth:  the passion for wealth and material needs people to engage in the act of human trafficking.  Many people have considered this as business, a fast way of making money.
3.  Poverty:  it is referred to the inability of an individual to provide for his/her family’s necessities of life.  This has led many people to release their children to traffickers.  They feel the income generated from children would help them in living a better life.
4.  Unemployment:  As a result of the bad economy many people have left or lost their jobs, while the fresh graduates and those who are qualified to work have no job the jobless are made people to venture into children and women trafficking.
5. Peer group influence:  Many people have been introduced to the bad act of trafficking by their friends.  These people take it to be business.
6. Greed:  Those who are contented with their income often fall into the hands of traffickers mainly because of their greed.  They want to be as rich as others.

 CONSEQUENCES OF TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN AND WOMEN

Human trafficking is a national and international criminal offense.  These are some of the negative effects of human trafficking.

1.                   It leads to untimely death
2.                   It leads to unwanted pregnancy
3.                   It kills the child’s initiative
4.                   It leads to psychological trauma
5.                   It retards a child’s growth
6.                   It dents the nation’s image
7.                   It leads to sexual abuse and harassment
8.                   Tendency to contract HIV/AIDS
9.                   Human rights violations
10.               Increase in the level of illiteracy
11.                   It Leads to Untimely Death: Children and women are at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases that can lead to death eventually.
12.                   Unwanted Pregnancy:  If a girl or woman is subjected to rape, it may lead to unwanted pregnancy or an unwanted baby.
13.                   It Kills Child’s Initiative:  Trafficking in children and women generally does not allow these children to participate and contribute to the development of any society.
14.                   It Leads to Psychological Trauma:  Some children and women who are introduced to menial jobs and are sexually harassed or abused can be disturbed psychologically.
15.                   Retards Child Growth:  A child’s physical and mental growth can be retard or hindered due to malnutrition and lack of care from the people they are serving.