By Uzma Mariam Ahmed, June 20, 2009 One of the primary reasons why Islam was revealed was to guarantee and clarify the important basic rights of women, and particularly their rights with regards to marriage, divorce, alimony, custody and related issues. We should not allow horrors such as sex trafficking, prostitution, and other sexually exploitative unions to hide within the guise of Islamic marriages. READ ARTICLE HERE...
LORNA DUECK From Monday’s Globe and MailLast updated on Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 02:16AM EDT Shopping for a legal team to prosecute polygamy in Canada is tougher than shopping for a harem. How can it be easier to maintain 19 women in a polygamous relationship than to find a court able to enforce Canada’s Criminal Code against polygamy? It’s a symptom of tolerance, injustice and, ironically, the Charter of Rights. READ MORE...
Thousands of women in polygamy have been deeply damaged by the effects of polygamy, yet authorities look the other way, stating that with limited resources, their priority is to prosecute those who marry child brides. While this is understandable, where is the justice for women like Rachel Strong whose sexual perpetrator (her mother’s husband, her father figure and her prophet) used spiritual extortion to cause her to submit, threatening to damn her soul for all eternity if she did not? With rock solid evidence, authorities in Utah still looked the other way. Rachel, after all, should have known better. She...
Before a woman is married, she has value as property bringing her father influence, power, and prestige within the cult. She is “groomed” for her relationship with the man who will be her husband. Her sole purpose is to please her husband by doing what gives him pleasure or satisfaction. She has no right to complain about abuse or injustice. Within the polygamous cult, a woman is an object. The author has been told that “when a woman reaches the age of 40 her husband will replace her with two women who are 20.” After a woman is married she...
A study of 207 women trafficked into prostitution found that the vast majority (95 percent) suffered physical and sexual abuse, with the same number experiencing symptoms of trauma akin to those suffered by torture victims. The internationally agreed definition of trafficking is contained in The UN Optional Protocol on Trafficking in Human Beings (widely known as the Palermo Protocol). The Palermo Protocol acknowledges that trafficking and prostitution are intrinsically linked, and rejects the false distinction between ‘free’ and ‘forced’ prostitution. The Protocol states that the consent of the victim is irrelevant; that facilitating the movement of women for prostitution within...
Human trafficking is the modern equivalent of slavery. Against their will, under the threat of harm, through deception, or through psychological coercion, millions of people around the world are forced to work, dedicate resources, sacrificing personal belongings, or have sex for the profit of others. In March 2009, UNODC launched the Blue Heart Campaign to fight human trafficking, to raise awareness and to encourage involvement and inspire action. Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world,[2] with the total annual revenue for trafficking in persons estimated to be between $5 billion and $9 billion.[3] The Council of...
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