Human Trafficking Books, DVDs, Products
Books
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
by Somaly Mam (Author), Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Introduction), Nicholas D. Kristof (Foreword)
Somaly writes her personal account of growing up in Cambodia, being forced into prostitution, her escape , and her current work rescuing children. She writes about rescuing 5 year olds and 1 year olds from the sex trade. Your world would never be the same again once you’ve read this.
11 Films and Documentaries on Human Trafficking
Human trafficking has become one of the most prevalent and severe human violations in recent times. Here are ten films and documentaries that have been produced to throw light on this pressing issue:
- Trade (2007) by Marco Kreuzpaintner
Based on a 2004 New York Times magazine article by Peter Landesman, Trade reveals the mechanics of sexual enslavement by tracing the route of a kidnapped girl from her home via a globally administered trafficking network.‘Trade’ will be screened at the next installment of the UNIFEM Film Series. For more information, please click here.
- Dirty Pretty Things (2002) by Stephen Frears
As the demand for organs for transplants has far exceeded the supply around the world, the illegal kidney trade has increased tremendously over the last few years, with the number of trafficked kidneys estimated at 15,000 each year.Stephen Frears’s award-winning thriller Dirty Pretty Things explores the horrors of organ trafficking. It tells the story of migrant workers, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Audrey Tautou, who inhabit the seedy underworld of London and how desperate circumstances traps them in harrowing ethical dilemmas.
- Lilya 4-Ever (2003) by Lukas Moodysson
A Swedish film depicting the struggles of 16 year-old Lilya, played by Okshana Akinshina, Lilya 4-Ever deals with trafficking of women for prostitution. Lilya is abandoned by her mother and is forced to turn to prostitution to support herself. Her situation appears to improve with the appearance of a Swedish businessman who pledges to save her, but this leads to other problems instead.
- Holly (2006) by Guy Moshe
Shot on location in Cambodia, Holly tells the story of an American stolen artifacts dealer who tries to save a young girl from being smuggled across the border to work as a prostitute. As part of the K11 Project and the Redlight Children Campaign, this film was produced with the aim to raise awareness and promote action against child sexploitation through three films and a rapidly growing international grassroots campaign.
- Dying to Leave (2003) by Chris Hilton and Aaron Woolf
Each year, an estimated 2 to 4 million people are shipped in containers and herded through sewage pipes to uncertain futures, with many ending up in bondage, compelled to work as prostitutes or labourers in sweatshops. Dying to Leave explores the current worldwide increase in human trafficking, and examines the plight and circumstances that drive people to such measures.
- Promised Land (2003) by Amos Gitai
Promised Land depicts the story of a group of young Estonian girls who are smuggled through Egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in Israel. Left with little dignity and sent out to pay their way, there seems little chance to escape their desperate circumstances. However, hope emerges when one of the girls finds refuge through a madam, while unique bonds are also formed amongst the women.
- Trafficked (2005) by Luigi Acquisto
Developed with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission and Film Victoria, Trafficked explores the international sex trade and chronicles the journey of former police officer Chris Payne as he investigates the case of “Nikkie”, a young Thai girl who was deported after she was discovered working in a Sydney brothel following the trail of evidence from Australia to Thailand.
- Maria Full of Grace (2004) by Joshua Marston
A story about survival and determination, Maria Full of Grace tells the tale of an impoverished and pregnant 17-year old Colombian, Maria, played by Catalina Sandino Moreno, who signs on as a drug mule to transport cocaine into the United States and is embroiled into the risky and ruthless world of international drug and human trafficking.
- Trading Women (2002) by David Feingold
Narrated by Angelina Jolie, Trading Women investigates the trafficking of girls and women from hill tribes in Burma, Yunnan and Laos into the sex industry of Thailand and sheds light on how women are constrained by the economic and political conditions in which they find themselves. It also explores the complex world of the trade and examines the international community’s response to the issue.
10. Modern Slavery (2007) by Thomas Robsahm and Tina Davis
A documentary about people living under extremely restricted conditions across the world, Modern Slavery provides an insight into the negative consequences of neoliberal economics and politics. It also examines the claim that it is in the interest of certain economic and social forces to preserve modern slavery, and features famous figures such as Noam Chomsky, Sir Bob Geldof, Joseph Stiglitz and Somaly Mam.
11. Innocence for Sale —
Documentary made by NTU students on the human trafficking trade that takes place in Batam, driven largely by Singaporeans.
http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+3592+3002+12917382+66+0
STOP – Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People
UNIFEM Singapore is a proud partner of the STOP (Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People) campaign launched by The Body Shop Singapore. Launched on 6th August, the three-year global campaign will raise awareness of the scale of the issue of sex trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children and young people.
Working in partnership with ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) International, this campaign aims to draw attention to this major issue, to inspire long-term change and to stop the sexual exploitation of an estimated 1.8 million children and young people every year. It also aims to raise funding for vulnerable children at risk or exploited by sex trafficking, and inspire those with decision-making power to effect change and offer all children better protection.
The campaign will be the focus in all The Body Shop stores in Singapore for two weeks, and the stores will also begin the sale of a special edition Soft Hands Kind Heart Hand Cream, priced at S$19.90, which is a key part and symbol of the campaign. Profits from the sale of the Hand Cream will go towards funding education and awareness, local research, and a community project that protects children at risk of sex trafficking.
Profits from the sale of the Hand Cream will be donated to the National Committee for United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Singapore and Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (H.O.M.E). Money raised will go towards educational workshops to create public awareness and engage young people on this issue, as well as fund robust and incisive research into the trafficking of children and young people in Singapore. Donations will also support an ECPAT-led grassroots project helping young people who have been trafficked and at-risk children in South Vietnam.
