Human Trafficking...

I read an article from the Washington Post on woman being sold into brothels to perform as prostitutes. This struggle in the world is most common in India. Brothels is another word for the "red light district". Katherine talks about Meena, who was sold by her boss. She was only 12 years old.

Although India has been rapidly increasing in development of the economy, what we don't see is the poverty of the millions of Indians. Thousands of women and young girls are sold into prostitution each day. Many are lured from their villages and cities on the account of being promised of false promises like jobs and marriages. One problem is that India is so diverse, to the point that taking them only a certain distance and they will have a completely different language. The working of these underground businesses make it nearly impossible to track down. This is usually how things like this happen; a family member or friend decides to approach the girls family about a job that pays well or a marriage that lets them not have to pay for a dowry. In other cases though, the parents sell the girls straight up. Many of the girls and women who are able to escape are rejected by their family, leaving them alone and poor. Especially when family is everything to their society.

Sayre. Katherine. "India Struggles Against Trafficking," Washington Post 17 June 2007. Associated Press. 5 Feb 2009