Saturday, November 3, 2012

Human trafficking in Africa should be on the agenda for Chogm 2013 - Letters - monitor.co.ug

Human trafficking in Africa should be on the agenda for Chogm 2013 - Letters - monitor.co.ug:

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(Using Juju is like Voodoo, right? And kind of like when the Americans told the African slaves that God wants them to be slaves? Once again, organized religion equals organized repression and exploitation.)

Osezua Osolase, the Nigerian who thrived on ‘juju’ to hoodwink his unsuspecting victims was an apparently respectable man who could easily be trusted, making it very easy to succeed in his deceit.
Hence, Osolase deserved the 20 year jail sentence for dealing in exploitation, manipulation and degradation. Many African girls are victims of human trafficking but no reports of such are made public or to the concerned authorities. We need to ask ourselves what has gone wrong with the established State organs that are mandated to fight and stop the vice.
In Uganda alone, reports have it that more than 600 girls are stuck in Malaysia after being promised better jobs and education by their ‘employers’.
Human trafficking has now become a human rights issue and States have to act now before it erodes all efforts made to empower women and girls. The international community needs to address this problem and the only sure way is for the United Nations and other institutions like the Commonwealth, African Union, East African Community and the European Union to convene a global forum to tackle the vice.

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