The ILO reported that of the 4.8 million people forced to work in the sex trade in 2016, virtually all were girls and women.Īs I reported on this series, some nonprofit leaders involved in the fight against trafficking in the U.S.
The United Nations’ International Labour Organization reinforced that mindset in September when it released updated estimates on the number of human trafficking victims worldwide. “This is seen as a gender-biased, gender-specific issue.” “Boys hear that it only happens to girls,” Steven Procopio, clinical director of MaleSurvivor, a network of therapists and survivors,says.
