Raising Awareness on the Reality of Human Trafficking
Lifetime Television's ''Human Trafficking,'' a new miniseries that premiered Oct. 24, bared the devastating activity of commercial sexual exploitation that has been occurring in America to millions of viewers.
Lifetime Television's Human Trafficking, a new miniseries that premiered Oct. 24, bared the devastating activity of commercial sexual exploitation that has been occurring in America to millions of viewers.
Human trafficking, also termed as modern day slavery, has been ranked as the third largest money making industry next to gun running and drugs. Some 2 million women and children are sold each year with 800,000 of them forced across international borders.
"It's the filthiest side of humanity that you can imagine," said Dove Award winning artist Natalie Grant, who released an album entitled "Awaken" after hearing of the atrocity of human trafficking, according to Christianity Today.
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In collaboration with International Justice Mission and other NGOs, Lifetime hosted an advance screening on the two-part miniseries on Oct. 18 in Washington, D.C., raising awareness of the sexual crime committed in the nation and worldwide.
Starring Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino, the drama reveals the reality behind the international trafficking and brokering of women and children for sex.
Tony Nassif, president and founder of the Cedars Cultural and Educational Foundation, commended Lifetime for bringing light to the "devastating evil" of human trafficking, said a released statement.
On Nov. 9, Nassif will be hosting The Preventing Abuse Conference on human trafficking and child abduction in Los Angeles. The conference serves to educate the public, spread awareness, and build stronger coalitions in battling the trafficking market. Noreen Gosch, mother of a kidnap victim, is scheduled as a featured speaker.
"Through this and other conferences untold thousands of children and women can be saved and our communities secured to pursue the blessing of ‘...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,’" said Nassif in a statement.
Lifetime will also do extensive educational and legislative advocacy outreach around the film, including encouraging viewers to urge Congress to pass the "End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2005."
Human Trafficking, which became the highest-rated original movie on ad-supported basic cable in 2005, averaging 5.5 million viewers, will air a second time on Oct. 29 at 7:00 p.m.
