The goal of this project was to create a space where the community could re-imagine the lyrics of their favorite Regional Mexican song to emphasize why and how are these songs problematic (sexist, racist, violent). This kind of music is traditional and popular in Mexico. People who follow this trend tend to be from rural communities, low-income, and have low educational backgrounds. The Regional Mexican Music industry is primarily dominated by males, resulting in sexist lyrics. Furthermore, since
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I believe I am a victim of a severe form of human trafficking perpetuated by Northwest Placement Inc. (Northwest), a Philippine government-licensed recruitment agency, represented by Mr. Johnny Rogge, with its US principal sponsor, the Delivering Human Innovation, LLC (DHI), represented by its owner Diane Halloway and Mr. John Bergmann. I came to the US through the petition of Sheraton Phoenician CMBS LLC DBA The Phoenician Resort in Arizona, USA as a room attendant/ housekeeper with visa validity
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Imagine waking up in an unknown location, knowing that another morning here meant another morning being forced to work against your will and another morning of being in this hell, with no means of easy escape. Your mind rushes back to the first time you gave into temptation and taken away, regretting past decisions. But the past is the past. This is the reality of those who have been and still are, victims of human trafficking and modern slavery. We hear these stories constantly, and we think that
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Slavery has been dated back to 1860 BC and although slavery is no longer legal anywhere in the world. The crime is now found in human trafficking which has become an international problem and an estimate 25-40 million people are living as an illegal slave. When people hear “human trafficking”, the first thought to come to mind is “sex trafficking”. Which is approximately 22% of human trafficking, while 68% is forced labor exploitation and 10% state-imposed labor. Since it is the third largest international
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STRIPPERS OVER 35 The world of exotic dancers is big business. The salaries of strippers can range from 40k to 100k. Although, exotic dancing generally is taboo in today’s society not discussed out in the open. Discussions are held amongst friends or really close cousins attempting to not let their wives or parents over hear. The infatuation of exotic dancers leads to an industry that many think causes a lot of controversy today. The general perception of strippers are associated with dirty, drug
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Thousands of children, men, and women being forced into human trafficking in the world today. To the majority of society, human slavery is a concept which occured many years ago and was abolished, but in reality it has turned into a horrendous financial market that rids children of the purity and security of adolescence. People who travel through the human trafficking system are tortured, beaten, and then passed to the next person, as if they were mere objects, Humans forced into the trafficking
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Human trafficking occurs when people are abducted and held against their will to partake in forced activities. Human trafficking is very similar to modern day slavery. There is high percentage in Thailand for human trafficking. The United States Department of State have reasons to believe that Thailand is targeted as a place to take these victims. It affects ten to thousands of people each year in this country. And only around 23,000 people are returned home. The majority of people that are abducted
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Human Trafficking Every year, six-hundred thousand to eight-hundred thousand men, women, and children are trafficked across borders worldwide; but what exactly does that mean? According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, human trafficking can be defined as, “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring of receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability
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Human trafficking is the second biggest income source for organised crime after drug trafficking. According to UNICEF, 1.2 million children are trafficked yearly and at least 12.3 million people are victims of forced labour globally. Among them, 2.4 million are a direct result of human trafficking. In Southeast Asia specifically, Human trafficking in the ASEAN region is now seems as a very serious and worrying matter. This is reflected through the drastic increase in the number of cases reported
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Human Trafficking has thrived in all countries of the world, and it has become an easy way to profit off others work. In chapter eight, June Johnson discusses the topic of Defending Human Rights. In Amanda Kloer “Sex Trafficking and HIV/AIDS: A Deadly Junction for Women and Girls,” she discusses the exploits women and children face and its contribution to the AIDS/HIV pandemic. She states “This intersection exists in sex trafficking victims’ increased vulnerability to HIV infection, the proliferation
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