Action4Canada - May 16, 2022


HUMAN TRAFFICKING STOP - Christianna - A4C - May 2022

Topics
human trafficking
Hosted by
Tanya Gaw
Mentioned
Jenny Aung
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Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

133.89

Word count

685

Sentence count

58

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

sentences flagged

Hate speech

2

sentences flagged


Summary

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In this episode, Christiana talks about the problem of human trafficking and how it is a huge problem in our own home country of Canada. She talks about Aung, who was trafficked from Cambodia to Thailand as a child, and how he is now free and living with his family.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hi, I'm Christiana and I'm 11 years old. I live in Calgary, Alberta. Today I want to talk to you
00:00:11.760 about something that's very important to me. It was August 1st, 1834 that slavery was abolished
00:00:17.680 throughout the British Empire. Although it became illegal, it still exists today. I believe that
00:00:23.920 this is a big problem and is ignored even though it is worse than it has ever been before. There
00:00:29.520 are more people enslaved to take than any other time in history. This kind of slavery is called
00:00:36.320 trafficking and I'm not talking about rush hour. This is the trafficking of humans, human trafficking.
00:00:44.480 Human trafficking is the exploitation of vulnerable people for their bodies and labor.
00:00:49.600 Let me introduce you to Aung, who had been used for begging since he was born. He was often spotted
00:00:55.600 early mornings and late evenings, crying alone on the street with a changeful. Sometimes he was
00:01:00.800 carried around by other children, begging to tourists, crossing the border from Cambodia to Thailand.
00:01:06.880 His body was covered with bruises and scratches. Hundreds of people would walk past him every
00:01:12.240 day while crossing the border. But now Aung is free and in the care of a loving family. Or what
00:01:18.480 about Jenny? Jenny was only 15 when she met her trafficker. She was using social media when one day
00:01:25.280 a cute older guy contacted her and showed interest. After a month, he said he wanted to keep dating her and
00:01:32.400 buying her gifts, but she had to do something for him. That's when he trafficked her for her body. 0.98
00:01:37.600 Today, she is free. With more awareness, more loves like Jenny's will be spared. Human trafficking generates
00:01:46.480 an average of $150 billion per year. This blows my mind. There are an estimated 40.3 million people
00:01:56.080 enslaved right now. Men, women, and children can all be victims of trafficking. Statistics tell us that
00:02:03.760 those who are trafficked are 71% women, 29% are men, 25% are children. Slavery happens in every country
00:02:15.760 of the world and an estimated 5.4 out of every 1,000 people are enslaved in the world today. This is a
00:02:24.640 huge problem right here in our own backyard. In Canada, there were only over 500 incidents of human
00:02:32.160 trafficking reported by police in Canada 2019, up to 44% from a year earlier. At 1.4 instance per 100,000
00:02:44.320 population, the 2019 rates was the highest since comparable data became available in 2009. About
00:02:52.960 two out of three human trafficking victims are girls and young women. Police reported data indicate that
00:02:59.680 human trafficking is a crime that primarily targets women and girls like me. More than one in five
00:03:08.560 victims were girls aged 17 and younger and 43% were young women aged 18 to 24. Let me read that again.
00:03:21.280 More than one in five victims were girls aged 17 and younger and 43% were young women aged 18 to 24.
00:03:29.520 Let that sink in. Even children are used for their labor and bodies. This has a huge impact on my generation.
00:03:41.440 And why is it being ignored? I'll ask you again. Why is it being ignored? Less than one in 10 human
00:03:47.680 trafficking charges resulted in guilty fining compared with 31% of violent offense charges in case overall.
00:03:56.800 Instead, the vast majority, 89% of human trafficking charges were stayed, withdrawn, dismissed or discharged. Wait,
00:04:07.680 what? They were discharged? That's impossible. We can't just sit here and watch any longer as men, 1.00
00:04:15.440 women and children suffer. We need our government to work hard to protect and prevent and prosecute. 1.00
00:04:22.000 There should be stronger legal consequences of those who are convicted of trafficking in Canada.
00:04:30.160 But what can we do? We can do more research and become more aware. We can help make others aware.
00:04:40.080 One way to do this is going on the Walk for Freedom with A21 on October 15th.
00:04:45.520 My family and I will be taking part in the Walk for Freedom for the first time and I would invite you and
00:04:51.440 your family to consider doing the same. Together, we can bring awareness and save lives. Thank you.