Act Now: Social Media

Use the following five statements as either Facebook statuses or tweets:

• Think slavery is over? Think again. Today, 27 million people are enslaved around the world. Learn more at Soroptimists STOP Trafficking.¹
• Sex trafficking makes up 79% of human trafficking and nearly all victims are women and girls. Learn more at Soroptimists STOP Trafficking.²
• Human trafficking is the second-largest and fastest-growing criminal activity in the world. Learn more at Soroptimists STOP Trafficking.³
• Prostitution is not a choice—it kills: 75% of prostituted women have attempted suicide. Learn more at Soroptimists STOP Trafficking.⁴
• Prostitution is not a choice: the average age of entry is 12-14—below the age of consent. Learn more at Soroptimists STOP Trafficking.⁵

Use the following two statements as Facebook statuses:

• Prostitution is not a choice: 68% of victims meet the diagnostic criteria of post-traumatic stress disorder. Learn more at Soroptimists STOP Trafficking.⁶
• Prostitution is not a choice: 73% of victims have been assaulted and 57% have been raped during prostitution. Learn more at Soroptimists STOP Trafficking.⁷

¹http://www.freetheslaves.net/Page.aspx?pid=301
² United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2009.

³http://www.polarisproject.org/index.php?option=com_
content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=86

⁴Letter from Susan Kay Hunter, Council for Prostitution Alternatives, Jan 6, 1993, cited by Phyllis Chesler in "A Woman's Right to Self-Defense: the case of Aileen Carol Wuornos," in Patriarchy: Notes of an Expert Witness, 1994, Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine. Via “Prostitution: Fact Sheet on Human Rights Violations” by Melissa Farley.

⁵Giobbe, E.; Harrigan, M; Ryan, J; Gamache, D (1990) Prostitution: A Matter of Violence against Women. WHISPER.

⁶ Farley et al. “Prostitution and Trafficking in Nine Countries: An Update on Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.” 2003

⁷ Ibid.

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