Sustainable Development Goals will Help Fight Human Trafficking - FreedomUnited.org

Sustainable Development Goals will Help Fight Human Trafficking

  • Published on
    September 21, 2015
  • News Source Image
  • Category:
Hero Banner

In 2000, the United Nations adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).  Next month, it is expected that those goals will be replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The SCGs comprise 17 points that member nations use to set guidelines regarding social policy, health, environment.  A lawyer, Prudence Mutiso hopes that it includes a pledge to stop trafficking that will put pressure on Kenyan government to improve trafficking legislation.  The new goals are expected to be more effective by including measures “to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour”.  HAART’s Malinowski explained, “What lies at the bottom of trafficking, the ultimate consequence, is that you destroy a crucial component of that society’s development, which is labour capital.  Human trafficking takes promising young people away from society, exploits them, enriches criminal groups and makes crime profitable.”

View Article on Daily Nation

Freedom United is interested in hearing from our community and welcomes relevant, informed comments, advice, and insights that advance the conversation around our campaigns and advocacy. We value inclusivity and respect within our community. To be approved, your comments should be civil.

stop icon A few things we do not tolerate: comments that promote discrimination, prejudice, racism, or xenophobia, as well as personal attacks or profanity. We screen submissions in order to create a space where the entire Freedom United community feels safe to express and exchange thoughtful opinions.

guest
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

This week

Migrant teens not living the American dream, they’re “living the American nightmare”

An investigative journalism piece from PBS recently uncovered evidence that migrant teens arriving at the U.S. border are being exploited by hiring agencies in the seafood processing sector as a source of cheap labor.   Businesses think child labor = cheap labor  The Public's Radio interviewed more than two dozen migrant teens who described working overnight shifts, killing, cleaning, and weighing crabs. The teens reported they got to sleep for a few

| Monday September 18, 2023

Read more