The Definition of slavery

A person held in servitude as the chattel of another.

Human Trafficking

Human trafficking happens most in India. This is just one of many countries where it happens often, however it is not the only one. Imagine how many children in the whole world can be sold every minute that’s a lot of people. The missing children in Chhattisgarh represent a small percentage of the estimated 135,000 children, which are believed to be trafficked in India every year.

The excerpt you are about to read is from a girl named Ayesha who was lured into a brothel to pay off her dowry

"For a whole month, I resisted the ‘aunt,’ who I learned was really a brothel madam. The owner of the brothel grew impatient and raped me, as he did to all new girls. He ordered the brothel madam to beat me with a leather belt every day. I still bear these marks on my body. I was kept locked inside a room, with no food or water, for days. To “break me in,” I was raped several times a night for nearly a month before the madam started selling me to men for money. It was typical for me to have ten to twelve buyers every night. They were usually abusive, treating me as if they owned my body. I have a deep scar on my neck from a knife blade, which I got trying to save a young girl in my house from being gang raped. It almost killed me." - Ayesha

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