So You Think You Will Dance?
As walkers glance at the women looking like highly sophisticated and sensual dolls in the window shop (we’ll let you guess where that is), they are suddenly bemused to see these ladies dancing away to a rhythmic heavy drum and base sound. Why music is playing or sex workers are dancing is off little worry … Read more
Football in Cameroon: Stories of Recruitment, Deceit and Exploitation
Just recently a report by Sky Sports News has been released on what they call Cameroon ‘Football’s slave trade’. We strongly urge you to read their story as well as look at their shocking video uncovering the illegal trade of young male footballers. Cameroon is known particularly in the African continent for its heroic football … Read more
Human Trafficking and Witchcraft: What are The Ties?
Superstitious beliefs can be used as an instrument of good or evil. But in the hands of human traffickers, you can probably guess what it’s being used for. I don’t know about you, but here at STOP THE TRAFFIK, staff found themselves rather disturbed by recent news story narrating the witchcraft murder of 15 year … Read more
Kony2012 – Thoughts
Kony2012 is clearly on everyone’s mind at the moment. The 30 minute video which has gone drastically viral is definitely stirring debate around its main message and goals. Many have asked STOP THE TRAFFIK to share their opinion so here is what we think. We have long been aware of the issue of child soldiers … Read more
STOP THE TRAFFIK: Working together for positive change. HAPPY WOMEN’S DAY!
Running late, I rush to the tube spilling half of my tea on the way squeezing myself just in time to enter the closing doors. After a few stops and still many more to go I realize I’ve forgotten my iPod at home. I suddenly start feeling rather annoyed with the world – I’m sure … Read more
Anya17, first Opera about human trafficking premiers in Liverpool.
The exiting opera Anya 17 is about to premier in Liverpool this Wednesday with an encore performance on 9th March in Manchester. Read our interview with Ben Kaye, the creator of the first Opera about human trafficking. Anya17 is not your average kind of opera. It blends together beautifully the medium of music with the … Read more
The Sex Trafficking of Men: A trend Less Considered
To say that sex trafficking is a ‘women’s issue’ is certainly true, but it’s also a men’s issue. Stereotypical images of strong men may be at odds with the private stories of males that are sex trafficked. We often tend to think that a man should be able to prevent himself from being beaten and … Read more
