Awareness Raising: She Works Tool An Anti-Human Trafficking Tool developed by survivors of trafficking in the Philippines. See Instructions: ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING BRACELET: SHARING ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ‘Good day! I would like share with you about one of the biggest social problems in the world today. Have you heard about human trafficking? If so, what do you know about this issue? If you haven’t heard about human trafficking yet, please allow me to explain it to you by using the colors of traffic lights on the streets.
RED (Stop Human Trafficking!) When you cross the street and see the red light on, what do you do? (stop) The red light symbolizes what we need to do about human trafficking. We need to STOP it and PREVENT it from happening. Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. According to the United Nations, it involves the following: • recruitment • transportation • transfer or harboring • receipt of persons
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With or without the victim’s consent or knowledge, within or across national borders. Human trafficking is done through the following means: • use of threat or use of force, i.e., threats with weapons, threats to family members • other forms of coercion, i.e., rape/gang rape, beating (hitting, kicking, slapping, etc.) • abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or of position • taking advantage of the vulnerability of the person • giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person for the purpose of exploitation. The forms of human trafficking are as follows: • exploitation of the prostitution of others, girls/ boys/women/men in brothels, bars, streets • other forms of sexual exploitation, i.e., cyber prostitution, pornography, etc. • forced labor or services, i.e., domestic servitude, child labor, other forms of labor trafficking • the removal/sale of organs • abduction of children/forcibly training children to become child soldiers
