Why is this fight important? (all facts taken from DNA's website)
- 12.3 million people are enslaved today worldwide
- In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation eradicating slavery, yet more than one million people are enslaved in the U.S. today.
- Two million children are bought and sold in the global commercial sex trade
- The average age of entry into commercial sex slavery in the United States is 13 years old
- The global sex slavery market generates $32 billion in profits each year
- Every 10 minutes, a woman or child is trafficked into the United States for forced labor
- Most “johns” are quite ordinary: 70-90% are married, and most are employed with no criminal record
- 76% of transactions for sex with underage girls are conducted via the internet
- The U.S. government spends 300 times more money per year to fight drug trafficking than it does to fight human trafficking
- Approximately 55% of girls living on the streets in the United States engage in commercial sex slavery. Girls from middle and upper class neighborhoods are also at risk
HERE is a link to the Tshirts challenge on Threadless Causes website, the money from the Tshirts goes to support DNA's cause, they are very blunt and very cool!
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