Twitter Challenge

Dianne has really been making me think a lot in the past few days about this evil crime we are set out to fight! Please follow our Tweets - I promise, she will challenge you to think, too!

Just yesterday, Dianne posted a link on our twitter page to an article posted by IPS (Inter Press Service) on June 17, 2010. The article highlighted the Southeast Asian response to the U.S.' recent annual report on Human Trafficking. Many people throughout the region are now urging officials of the ASEAN (Association of South-east Asian Nations) to make changes in its policies regarding Human Trafficking.

Just last year, ASEAN shared its definition of what constitutes human trafficking. They placed human trafficking in a category of a security challenge, separating it from labor migration, which they placed in a social/cultural challenge. What was revealed was a narrow misconception of the problem - and a need to reform said definition in order to combine human trafficking with labor migration and tackle the two together.

ASEAN includes Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Most of these countries were ranked lowest on the U.S. report this year, which included stories of Burmese women forced into prostitution in Malaysia, and children forced to sell sweets and other goods on the streets of Thai cities.

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In addition to the article above, Dianne also posts many thought-provoking statements, including "Fact of the Day" and sentiments to cause you to really think about your life and how you might be able to sacrifice a little bit to help those less fortunate. Props to her for having the courage to face this world's ugliness and for urging us all to do the same! Be sure to follow! Here are a few of her tweets for those who haven't been following ...

Fact of The Day: More than 2/3 of sex trafficked children suffer additional abuse at the hands of their traffickers.

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes.

Can you imagine life where u were OWNED by someone? Where u are an item or a tool for someone's needs and there was no way out?

Fact of The Day: Around half of trafficking victims in the world are under the age of 18

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."