I watched a documentary film, The child sex trade, …show more content…
It has been shown that there has been some form of steps to slowly prevent this from happening but not enough. It discusses how the global issue was responded to by the governments around the world. “ The First World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (1996) held in Stockholm, Sweden is often identified as the first international effort to both acknowledge the problem of commercial exploitation of children and to offer guidelines for combating child sex trafficking” (Miller-Perrin & Wurtele, 2016 p.137). As a mom, it is a terrible thought how these are vulnerable children that are being physically and mentally abused and yet it is a slow process in creating a …show more content…
It discusses how problems around a child within their society can lead or force them into a horrific situation, such as the sex trade. Unfortunately, we learned that the sex trade business is a multi billion dollar business worldwide. It will be very hard to completely conquer the problem but if more countries impose strict punishment, along with enforcement focusing on this issue; it can be controlled.
In conclusion, I have learned that awareness to these global issues are very important in battling them. Society needs to work together, globally and impose strict punishment and enforce rules and fines, such as imprisonment to combat this epidemic. As for the victims, they need awareness as well to have knowledge of the resources that are available to them to help them get out and stay out of the sex