Global Context
According to the U.S Department of State, 1 million children are exploited by global commercial sex trade every year (U.S Department of State, The Facts About Child Sex Tourism: 2005). With statistics this high, we can infer that human trafficking for sex exploitation is not just an issue in one country or two, but that these 1 million people are spread through out the world. For example, in Canada, "The RCMP estimates that 600-800 persons are trafficked into Canada annually, predominantly for sexual purposes, and additional 1,500-2,200 persons are trafficked through Canada into the United States" ("Human Trafficking and the Sex Trade", 2010). These statistics include both Canada and the United States, which are two highly developed countries, and show us how human trafficking is interconnected through out the world. If one country is exploiting people to other countries, they become somewhat "allies." The trafficking of humans continues with in them and eventually can spread throughout the world. I believe that human trafficking for sex exploitation can be solved at a global level. As I mentioned in my philosophy, we need a universal meaning for social justice that way everyone in the world can agree on what is right and what is wrong. If we have a universal meaning of true social justice, everyone would be able to agree that human trafficking is unfair and unjust. The world could come to an agreement on how trading people and using them, for either labor or sex is wrong. If the whole world were to come together as one and come up with solutions, then human trafficking can be solved at a global level. There might be some people here and there who do not agree and still think that human trafficking for sex or labor exploitation is right, but we can convince them by showing them the bad that it does. These people are the people or "obstacles" that make this issue difficult to address. With different point of views in the world, people's beliefs or ideas crash and that is where the conflict is. When one does not agree with each other or either because one always wants to win or be right. Once we all understand how this issue is interconnected globally, the solutions become easier. More people understand the real issue and the root causes of the issue and comprehend that we need to come all together as one to actually solve the problem. People realize that the issue is common and it is actually happening not just in there country but others as well.