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JSS3 Social Studies

Human Trafficking

Overview

Explaining the meaning of human trafficking; Highlighting the factors responsible for children and women trafficking; The social consequences of children and women trafficking; Ways of preventing human trafficking

What you'll learn
  • Meaning of human trafficking-recruiting, transporting and transferring of persons across borders(national and international) with the intention to deceive and exploit them.
  • Factors responsible for children and women trafficking
  • - False hope of continuing education or working abroad
  • - Poverty
  • - Increasing demand for foreign workers
  • - Growth of billion-dollar sex and entertainment industry etc
  • Consequences of human trafficking:
  • - Loss of human resources
  • - Life of crime, addiction and sexual violence
  • - Weakens ties of family love and influence etc.
  • Preventive Measures:
  • - Awareness-raising
  • - Education,
  • - Advocacy, Legislation, etc.