Lets talk numbers

1833 ~ the year William Wilberforce abolished slavery

27 million ~ Number of estimated slaves in the world today

50% ~ percentage of those slaves who are children

 80% ~ percentage of traffic victims who are female

80, 000 ~ number of people trafficked into America each year.

9th ~ where Australia sits on the list of most trafficked to countries in the world.

70% ~ Number of female victims who are forced into the sex industry

161 ~ Number of countries affected by trafficking

32 billion ~ total yearly profits generated by the human trafficking industry

67, 200 ~ average profit from 1 victim per year

12-14 ~ average age of entry into forced prostitution.

2 ~ number of cases in Australia of Sex slave victims, ever.


sometimes we sit between paralytic despair and complete obliviousness.

we need to realise that we are not talking about people who are given a small wage or prostitutes who don't get condoms. we are talking about girls and boys from the age of 2 who are forced to live in small rooms, who are raped and beaten and tormented, who are forced to work day in day out without pay, who's lives and who's families lives are threatened and who, when they get to old, look to unattractive, break too many bones, are killed and another person is stolen to take their place.

sorry i know heavy and annoying, you don't want to read this. i get it. just felt like i needed to put you in the picture. please read on, lets figure out how we can stop this. Promise thats as heavy as its gonna get. =P