Would you sell your daughter?
Posted by Amanda , Tuesday, March 2, 2010 1:41 PM
As I read or listen to the news, I can't help but feel overwhelmed by the chaos and crap that is happening in this world. I think a lot of people agree. It's hard to be faced with violence and injustice. Once we know about things, we are forced to either ignore them or do something about it.
Earlier today, I was reading some articles on human trafficking. It's crazy how many articles there are and how many of them are in the United States. One of the articles that caught my eye though was about Irap and how women there are selling their own daughters. Can you ever imagine selling your daughter or son, fully knowing what you were selling them into? That is what these women are doing. It told the story of a young girl who was widowed at the age of 19. Her mother and brothers told her they were going to sell her to a brothel near them. The girl informed police that she was friends with to raid her home and the brothel. The girl ended up going to jail for two years because that's how long it took to come before the judge and be released, but the girl said she would rather go to jail than to be sold to the brothel.
This is such a terrible situation, but the article also presented us with a side of hope. Another woman from the same culture had been raped when she was 16 and kicked out of her home because of it. After educating herself on the human slave trade, she is now an undercover pimp that collects information on sex trafficking in Iraq. It hasn't been easy for her, she's even started to get beaten as more people become suspicious of her. However, she inspires me because she says she will not stop doing what she's doing, even if she is killed. She will not give up on stopping the sex trade. To me, this is a challenging, inspiring and beautiful thing. How many of us are so passionate about something that we are willing to put our lives on the line for it?
I think it would be good for all of us to get some of that passion.
Let's pray for that passion.
Let's pray for more people to take a stand, speak out, take action.
Let's pray for woman and men to realize the value of human beings, the value of children.
Let's pray for the demand of prostitutes to end, for women and young girls to be restored, for families to reconnect and love each other.
Let's just pray.
Link to the article: Iraq's Unspeakable Crime: Mothers pimping Daughters
Here's another article from Time magazine about human trafficking: Human Trafficking Rises in Recession
