What do you know about exploitation and human trafficking? For many, these are topics that are only significant in other places, however, this is no longer true. And worse, they are the fastest-growing illegal industry. Dawn Manske has set out to increase awareness of this tragedy and help victims find dignified employment to break the cycle of vulnerability and risk.

When traveling abroad in China, Dawn had the experience of seeing two major risks for exploitation and human trafficking, extreme poverty, and devaluation of the girl child. She spent time with orphans and loving on them. Many of them were girls because girls were often abandoned because of the cultural emphasis on male children. During her time in China, Dawn also discovered the risk of sex trafficking for the vulnerable poor population. Men and sometimes women would go into towns and find the families that were most vulnerable.

The 5 key components of exploitation and human trafficking

1. Vulnerabilities - situations such as poverty.
2. Procurers and perpetrators - people who are experts at identifying vulnerabilities.
3. Exploitation - taking someone by force, fraud, or coercion.
4. Rescue and restore
5. Return and reintegrate

While Dawn was living in China she met people and saw the effect and impact of extreme poverty and devaluation of the girl child.

When perpetrators go into poor villages and tell families that they will take their children to the city and they will make a lot of money to send back home to them, the families don't realize that it is a lie. The children are brought to big cities and used for slave labor.

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