Slavery is thought to be a thing of the past. If you would have asked me two years ago if slavery was still occurring, I unquestionably would have said no. However, human trafficking, a form of modern day slavery, is generating billions of dollars around the world. In 2016, an estimated 40.3 million people were in modern slavery. 1 in 4 of those victims were children. (Global Estimates of Modern Slavery , 2017). Women and girls make up 96% of victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation. (Know the Facts: What is Sex Trafficking?, n.d.) We are either unaware or desensitized to this subject, nonetheless, it’s not something that has been spoken about often, until recent years. I believe that Human Trafficking and the Terrible Price of Sex sheds a light on how our world, not just Christians, are lacking in how we care for one another.
Mimi Chakarova, a photojournalist, pursued and documented the stories of Eastern European women who were slaves in modern day sex trafficking after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Many of these women were being offered jobs as waitresses or hotel maids and given their current
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It is our job to keep them safe from this polluted, corrupt world. It is impossible for us to be perfect and for bad things not to happen, but we shouldn’t let our world fall into oblivion. Once humans are sold into trafficking, it can be nearly impossible to escape. The people in this world who are still able to help, owe them justice. Deuteronomy 24:18 says, “Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there…” I believe that this is God reminding His people of His grace and the grace that we should provide to the widow, the orphan, and the