DON’T SHUT YOUR EYES
Human trafficking happens all around you.
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Don’t Shut Your Eyes. Human trafficking happens all around you.
Don’t Shut Your Eyes to Labour Trafficking
About Labour Trafficking
“Several steps in the criminal process of trafficking in human beings, such as recruitment of victims and advertisement of services, have moved almost entirely to the online domain.” – Europol Report 2021
- At any given time in 2016, an estimated 40.3 million people are in modern slavery, including 24.9 million in forced labour and 15.4 million in forced marriage,
It means there are 5.4 victims of modern slavery for every 1,000 people in the world.
- 1 in 4 victims of modern slavery are children.
Out of the 24.9 million people trapped in forced labour, 16 million people are exploited in the private sector such as domestic work, construction or agriculture; 4.8 million persons in forced sexual exploitation, and 4 million persons in forced labour imposed by state authorities.
Resources
We have identified a number of resources to help you engage with the issues of human trafficking and commercial exploitation.
Don’t Shut Your Eyes. Pornography fuels demand for human trafficking.
How are porn and human trafficking connected?
Porn is an industry that is often attractive to human traffickers, who see it as an opportunity to make more money off those the traffick. There is so much demand for pornography today, that traffickers can easily make an extra buck by forcing their victims to act in the roles. Victims are threatened to ensure that they look like they are enjoying what is happening. It is their traffickers, not them that get paid for it.
You have no way of knowing if the porn you are looking at is from someone who chose to be there or not.
Human trafficking impacts a massive 40.3 million people in the world today, of which 3.59 million are in Europe.
Resources for Churches on Pornography
We have created a number of resources to help churches that want to engage with the issues of human trafficking and commercial exploitation. Feel free to use our video and these printable resources:
The Addiction Cycle of Pornography – A helpful guide for anyone struggling with pornography addiction. This guide covers how addiction works and how to get help.
Be the Church – A guide for church leaders wanting to engage their church in the issue of human trafficking.
What Can I Do? – A guide for individuals and churches wanting to now practical things they can do to fight human trafficking.
Freedom Sunday Prayer – A prayer that churches can pray after watching the Don’t Shut Your Eyes video.
Recommended Resources List – A list of additional resources on pornography and human trafficking.
