marlenbodden.com » Poverty http://marlenbodden.com/blog slavery, human trafficking, forced labor, human rights Sat, 01 May 2010 14:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Women’s Rights Are Human Rights http://marlenbodden.com/blog/2010/03/17/womens-rights-are-human-rights/ http://marlenbodden.com/blog/2010/03/17/womens-rights-are-human-rights/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:52:14 +0000 Marlen http://marlenbodden.com/blog/?p=103 We must repeat and spread far and wide what many still do not realize: women’s rights are human rights.  Many human rights advocates see women’s rights as a separate issue, not as pressing as “human rights.”  But women’s rights are just as urgent as issues that also affect men.

I attended The Daily Beast’s Women in the World summit this past weekend, which was an interesting conference organized by Tina Brown.  I cried when women spoke about having been enslaved, raped, beaten, had their genitals mutilated, harassed, threatened, victimized by their own families, isolated, and injured in other ways.  I knew that the goal of the conference was not just to hear powerful testimony, but to try to do something about it afterwards.  All I can do at this stage is spread the word: women and children all over the globe are in a state of crisis and we must end their suffering.

When are powerful governments going to take violence against women seriously, when are they going to say: this is an emergency, it must stop now?

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]]> http://marlenbodden.com/blog/2010/03/17/womens-rights-are-human-rights/feed/ 0 How Do We End Human Trafficking, Illegal Immigration, Slavery, and Poverty? http://marlenbodden.com/blog/2009/09/15/how-do-we-end-human-trafficking-illegal-immigration-slavery-and-poverty/ http://marlenbodden.com/blog/2009/09/15/how-do-we-end-human-trafficking-illegal-immigration-slavery-and-poverty/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:53:45 +0000 Marlen http://marlenbodden.com/blog/?p=74 I do not yet know how we can end human trafficking, illegal immigration, slavery or poverty, but I believe that my research will lead me to the answers.  My initial and basic theory is that if we strengthen third world economies we can move more people out of poverty.  People who have decent jobs that pay fair wages are less likely to want to emigrate to industrialized nations.  People who have no need to leave their homes will not fall into the hands of slave traders. Parents who can support their children will not sell them into slavery. 

I am currently reading a book that was recently published by the U.N.’s International Labor Organization called Forced Labor: Coercion and Exploitation in the Private Economy.  I am interested in hearing from others who have thoughts on these issues.  I believe that we could greatly improve our world and end much human suffering if we found solutions to these problems.

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