“The era of globalization has increased awareness of private wrongs and accelerated some forms of cross-border labor exploitation, but it has also distorted attention and response to a variety of abuses through historical, cultural and sociological stereotypes. A better understanding of freedom, sex and development will allow us to expand a human rights approach to these private wrongs” (Brysk, (2011).
“When the problem is power, the solution is knowledge, rights and solidarity” (Brysk, (2011).
“When the problem is power, the solution is knowledge, rights and solidarity” (Brysk, (2011).
As some of the thousands of trafficked people in the United State will end up as our clients in emergency rooms, domestic violence shelters, mental health facilities and child welfare systems” and in order to intervene effectively, all social workers must become aware of the realities of human trafficking. Currently and “moreover, law enforcement, social workers, health care professionals, and authorities rarely encounter victims of human trafficking, for the reason that both they are unaware of how to identify potential victims and because victims are intentionally kept out of sight” consequently making it extremely difficult to the victims, perpetrators and traffickers. These are just a few explanations why human trafficking is highly under reported within individual states and on an international level. Human service workers in operating within the realm of influencing decision makers (policy makers) and seeking to make global migration more humane also need to increase their awareness to the opportunities they have through understanding the dynamics and processes of trafficking (Jones, Engstrom, Hilliard, & Diaz, M. (2007).