National Women's Day

[barrk]

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The plight of women and children being sold into sex slavery around the world is being highlighted as part of International Women's Day.

An estimated two million women and children are sold into the sex trade every year, the U.S. research group Protection Project states.

Launching a report by the group, U.S. senate member Barbara Mikulski described the sex trade as "a repugnant and despicable practice that has no place in the 21st Century."

She said: "No human being anywhere in the world should be regarded as a commodity."

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton sponsored a law last year toughening the penalty for human trafficking.

Trafficking in young girls
The ground-breaking law offers protection and an opportunity for permanent residency for victims who testify against those who enslave them.

Calls for similar laws to be introduced in Europe are also being made to coincide with International Women's Day.

Up to 120,000 women are smuggled into western Europe, mainly from central and eastern Europe, and forced into prostitution.

A report by the Protection Project, based at Washington's John Hopkins University, has documented the rising trends in the sex slave trade.

It says more than 15,000 women are trafficked into the U.S. every year, many of them young girls from Mexico.

The project also claims that Asian women are sold to brothels in North America for $16,000 each.

Almost 200,000 girls from Nepal, many of them under the age of 14, are working as sex slaves in India.

An estimated 10,000 women from the former Soviet Union have been forced into prostitution in Israel.

The Thai government reports that 60,000 Thai children have been sold into prostitution.

As many as 10,000 children aged between six and 14 are virtually enslaved in brothels in Sri Lanka.

Some 20,000 women and children from Burma have been forced into prostitution in Thailand.

The project also says that of 155 cases of forced prostitution brought before the courts in The Netherlands, only four resulted in convictions of the traffickers.

The Protection Project is compiling a database on laws on trafficking, forced prostitution, slavery and debt bondage in 190 independent states and 63 dependencies.

Kidnap fears in Britain
In Britain, details are surfacing of dozens of teenage girls in the care of social services who may have been kidnapped by organised gangs and forced to work as prostitutes abroad, mainly in Italy.

The girls in question are child asylum seekers from Africa, who enter the care of West Sussex social services after arriving at Gatwick Airport in the south of England.

A West Sussex council spokesman said: "It is true to say that a certain number of asylum seekers, minors, have gone missing from social services care. We believe they may have been taken by gangs abroad.

"We have always done as much as we can to prevent this happening, but we cannot force people to stay inside all the time.

"We are reducing the numbers who are going missing by working very closely with all the agencies, including the police. We are doing everything in our power to stop this."

[Ianpbaker]

Originally posted by barrk
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Up to 120,000 women are smuggled into western Europe, mainly from central and eastern Europe

Well I have to statisfy my demand some how.


On a serious note, it is attrocious the way people are used as a commidity, makse me mad that people are used and treated that way.

[simonm]

I think they should legalise and license 'adult' prostitution at the same time as comming down hard on child smuggling & prostitution.

Though I do believe that it is not just a problem that affects young girls; young boys are also forced into prostitution.

[barrk]

Prostitution is legal in Nevada and it seems to work. The disease rate is quite low and the women are much safer.

Originally posted by barrk
women are much safer.

ummmmm kay.....Does Tom know about this?

[barrk]

I mean they are safe from Pimps and bad guys that want to hurt them

* "bum she's got me, aha! I will twist it!!!" *


Oh so Tom does know........well thats good.....


* "MUWAHAHAHAHA" * j/k

[barrk]

Tom knows all about the prosties in Nevada he grew up in Tahoe and hopped across the border mor than once in his youth.........or so he tells me!

[parksie]

I expect he needed the practice to keep up with you!

[barrk]

Good theory but......Tom's 11 years older than me so he has much more practice than I do

[parksie]

Ah...

Don't know why...but I was suddenly reminded of our discussion about "vicarious"

[barrk]

Not sure why that is but I'm sure you'll tell me if I ask.......right?

[parksie]

Probably about you...he has more practice
Who knows what happens in the mind

I think I fried my brain cells playing Unreal

[barrk]

Tom has more practice because he's been at it longer...................but judging by the past twenty years I imagine we've set some sort of record between the two of us!!!!

[parksie]

Hehe

Well, we're back on the straight and (maybe not-so-)narrow

Let smut commence!

[barrk]

You realize we are getting quite the reputation Parksie....I can't help it...I am what I am and that's all that I am.....in the immortal words of Popeye! You are young enough to mend your ways though.........I wouldn't recommend it myself but apparently is would be the right thing to do

[parksie]

Apparently...

And on the "young enough to mend my ways" part...the photos from the play should be in soon Then we'll see just how much mending is needed

[barrk]

Looking forward to seeing them!!!!

[YoungBuck]

Originally posted by simonm
I think they should legalise and license 'adult' prostitution at the same time as comming down hard on child smuggling & prostitution.

They(?) will legalize prostitution the day after they legalize marijuana.