Human trafficking affects so many people and happens on a daily basis. The result? We don’t hear about it on the news as often as we should. Society seems to have pretended to have forgotten about this major issue.
These books are heavy reads, but they reveal much about this underground system of transporting humans lives. From how traffickers lure innocent lives into their web, to real life stories of being trafficked, these books are eye opening and come strongly recommended.
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#1 Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking by Alexandra Lutnick
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This book analyzes the language and systems affecting the trafficking of minors. Not only do the girls/etc not reference their boyfriends/etc as pimps, but they also avoid social services out of fear. So many them go from one abusive situation for another. Alexandra Lutnick makes it clear that policy change is needed to not only decriminalize sex work but also to give basic human rights to people who are under 18.
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#2 Girls Like Us by Rachel Lloyd
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This book explains how Rachel Lloyd survived sex trafficking and went on to create GEMS, an organization that helps girls trying to get out of the sex industry in New York City. It’s a powerful memoir that extends beyond herself to include stories about the girls she works with. Lloyd models how to give people patience and space and time to unlearn personal guilt for systematic social problems.
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#3 Slaves among Us By Monique Villa
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Through the stories of three remarkable individuals who share how they fell victim to traffickers and how their bodies and souls resisted an enterprise of total destruction, Monique Villa takes us around the world-from Ohio to Tokyo, London to India, Qatar to Colombia-to uncover a parallel world where men, women, and children are dehumanized and reduced to obedient machines.
Written by a global leader in the fight against human trafficking, this powerful book uncovers the hidden world of slaves-no longer physically in chains-who walk among us, trapped in a cycle of exploitation. Despite significant progress in the fight for human rights, slavery continues to flourish.. In fact, there are more slaves today, in countries rich and poor, than at any point in the past.
By giving voice to survivors of this horrific trade, Villa vividly illustrates dire situations we can do something about. Her call to action outlines concrete steps to safeguard the vulnerable among us and to eliminate slavery in our time.
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#4 Scars and Stilettos by Harmony Dust Grillo
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Fear of being abandoned keeps nineteen-year-old Harmony Dust trapped in an abusive and cruel relationship. She thinks she has hit bottom―tens of thousands of dollars in debt, struggling to get by, and so controlled by her boyfriend that she doesn’t protest when he begins openly sleeping around. Things can’t get worse . . . until someone tells her how much money she can make as an exotic dancer. For the next three years, Harmony lives a double life as Monique, a dancer in a fully-nude strip club.
After living is this world of turmoil, she meets and begins to friend women who have a similar pasts, they have been victims, sold into sex trafficking with little help and not many options. This is where her story begins…..
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#5 Scars and Stilettos 2nd Edition by Harmony Dust Grillo
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The story of human trafficking and those sold into the sex industry continues.
Scars and Stilettos: At thirteen, after being abandoned by her mother one summer and left to take care of her younger brother, Harmony becomes susceptible to a relationship that turns out to be toxic, abusive, and ultimately exploitative. She eventually finds herself working in a strip club at the age of nineteen, and her boyfriend becomes her pimp, controlling her every move and taking all of her money. Ultimately, she discovers a path to freedom and a whole new life.
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#6 Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
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It is inspired from the Book of Hosea in the Bible. It is romance, faith, and redemption in one book. It is about Angel, a girl who was sold into prostitution as a child. With that unfortunate circumstance, a man named Michael was sent by God to save her from that life by marrying her.
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Susan McEachern from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Chantay Bridges from TREASURES
Joseph Wilson from MintResume