In contrast, there is virtually no human trafficking in the eastern northern hemisphere in the north American continent and in almost all of the southern hemisphere especially in the Australasian continent. ... This factors, or a combination of many, make populations far more vulnerable to human trafficking, making it easy for traffickers to sell these people with low risk and high profit. ... Statistics around poverty help to explain the strong equatorial pattern of human trafficking with the most tier two watch list and tier three countries found in the equatorial region especially within...
Today such customs are fairly widespread in parts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America: in former times it occurred also in Europe. ... This plan is proving to be successful, though it is still difficult to monitor every child due to the sheer population of India Similarly the tradition is still practiced in some rural areas of Pakistan through Vani and other customs like Watta satta and Swara. ... Even though its illegal to marry a female under 18 there have been illegal marriages between the struggling classes of Bangladesh According to statistics from 2005 45% of women th...
" The Reverend Jerry Falwell was more direct when he declared that HIV/AIDS was a punishment from God for sin, especially homosexuality: "AIDS is a lethal judgment of God on America for endorsing this vulgar, perverted and reprobate lifestyle" (Bongmba 22). ...
Introduction Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa," published in 1962, is a painful and jarring depiction of ethnic conflict and divided loyalties. The opening images of the poem are drawn from accounts of the Mau Mau Uprising, an extended and bloody battle during the 1950s between European settle...