Essay - Global Sex Trade the Future of Human Civilization Will Depend...

Global Sex Trade

***** future of human civilization will depend on the investments that society makes in ***** physiological, psychological, economic, and social well-being of its children. In fact, it's not just the future but also the present, which is at stake. Th***** is well reflected by O'Grady (2001) in his observation, "As we enter the 21st century our best efforts must be directed towards ***** humanization of society through the nurture of our children." Such best efforts towards the ***** of children, however, *****volves a great deal beyond just providing children with food, clothing, shelter, ***** education. For, an equal amount of investment *****d effort ***** also be made to protect *****, who are ***** most vulnerable section of society, from abuse and exposure to social ills such as the global sex trade. Indeed, a f*****ilure to do so will not only reflect badly on society but will also affect society's ability ***** inculcate the right values in the children ***** today ***** tomorrow. It is in the light of this context ***** ***** paper will explore the nature of the global sex trade problem, and ***** effect on children.

The magnitude of ***** global ***** trade problem is reflected in the fact that over one million children under the age of sixteen are reported to be working ***** child prostitutes in brothels *****out Asia (O'Grady, 2001). The problem, *****, is ***** confined to Asia alone but ***** manifested in a flourishing ***** sex trade or "trafficking" of children ***** one country to another or within national b*****ders for the purposes of sexual exploitation. This illegal movement takes place by international crime rings taking women (mostly young girls) and ***** captive with the aim of selling them as sex slaves.

In *****, the ***** of humans has now grown so large in proportion that it is projected ***** ***** ***** world's most lucrative illegal activ*****y with profits topping $7 billion annually (Edwards & Harder, 2000). As such, it is apparent that g*****nments all over the world need to take concerted action to eliminate this most horrendous of crimes, which succeeds in depriving ********** of innocent children of *****ir childhood besides denying them their basic right to life, liberty, ***** freedom.

***** perhaps, the widespread ***** and seriousness of ***** ***** is best revealed by the following sets of figures. UNICEF estimates that a million children *****re brought into ***** sex industry every year. The ***** of child prostitution exploits 400,000 ***** in India; 100,000 in the Philipp*****es; between 200,000 and 300,000 in Thailand; 100,000 in Taiwan and in Nepal; 500,000 in Lat***** America; and from 244,000 to 325,000 children in the United States. Not only are ***** ***** shocking by themselves, certain studies estimate that during one *****, the prostituted "***** services" of one child are sold ***** 2,000 men (Poulin, 2003).

***** criminal nature of the global sex trade in ***** is further accentuated by the fact ***** ***** of *****se children are ***** underdeveloped countries and/or the