Man Trafficking Awareness: Seeking Social Justice for Hidden Populations

• In Event: 2352 - Social Justice for Hidden Populations

Abstract

Globally, human trafficking has become the second largest growing enterprise worldwide with an estimated 21 million people being trafficked annually, with sex trafficking as the most common form of exploited labor. Domestically, human trafficking, specifically sex trafficking, has grown to become to be a $150 billion dollar business. Increasingly, victims of domestic sex trafficking are home grown. Victims of human sex trafficking are hidden populations who do not always recognize that they are victims, and the problem of sex trafficking is compounded by a society lacking awareness about recognizing trafficking. This presentation will discuss how advocacy and raising public awareness of sex trafficking can help to seek social justice for this hidden population of trafficking victims.

Author

• Johanna Bishop