LTHF is posting each Tuesday and Thursday until February 21st.
In case you missed them, here are the posts from last week:
Tuesday: The 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Thursday: Foster Care children are at higher risk for being trafficking. A University of Chicago study found that 46% of foster care
children in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin had run away from care at
some point in time. There are also a high number of those in foster care
who "phase out" of the system and end up homeless because no other
options exist. Experts state that most runaways are trafficked within 48
hours of being on the street.
Today: Victims of child abuse can become victims of trafficking. A study by Donna
Hughes at the University of Rhode Island found that
anywhere from 50-75% of women being prostituted where physically abused as
children. 65 - 80% were victims of child sexual abuse, rape, or incest. Hughes
correlates the two by saying, “Incest is boot camp” for prostitution. What if
we did more to intervene in situations of child abuse? What if we fought harder
and were more diligent in looking for the signs of abuse in children? What if
we did more to stop child abuse, could that have an affect on the number of
women being exploited?
Stay with us until February 21st via our Facebook group.
