The country Haiti carries the tradition of child-slavery. Restavek, ‘to stay with’, is the name given to the estimated 300,000 child slaves in Haiti. However, child-slavery is not only confined within that country, as the detection of restaveks in the Haitian-American community in Miami has become stronger in the last few years. Most Restaveks work in terrible conditions – up to 18 hour days, which include cooking, cleaning and many, are sexually abused. However, many ‘host’ families think they are doing a positive thing for the children, “What we’ve done is help her”, speaks Michelle Dornevel who ‘hosted’ a child-slave who was made to work extremely hard doing very dirty jobs. The U.S. is working to stop traditions like child-slavery flourish in America. Finally Haitians are starting to learn that slavery does not belong the United Stares of America.

Approximately 10,000 young Nepali girls are annually sold to brothels in Indian cities. The consequence of this flow of Nepali girls into Indian whorehouses is a backw

conscripted, to fight along side men if needed. One year later the war may be closer

Authorities have become subtle- both uniformed and plain clothed Chinese police are

ash of ‘Bombay Disease’ – AIDS – starting to hit the Himalayas as the girls are rejected from the brothels after the develop the obvious signs of the disease. ‘India’s soiled goods’ can be seen crawling back to die in their Nepali mountain villages. Most girls are sold or tricked into the Indian sex trade. A prostitute can make between $200 and $600, depending on her beauty, however, the drugs offered to developing countries for AIDS are far too expensive for these children. The girls are given terrible treatment. There are more than 70,000 girls crammed into rooms in Bombay’s Kamatupura brothel district. Condoms are rarely used, and girls must have sex up to three times a day. There is not much hope for the many young girls returning to their home villages in Nepal with ‘Bombay Disease’.

core by conducting proper investigations.’ The culture of impunity still exists in many

countries such as Columbia and El Salvador. Rape, murder and slavery has been used as

Some topics in this essay:
Timor Nepal, America Approximately, , Bombay’s Kamatupura, Amnesty International, Tibet Tibetans, Lama Tibetan, Opposing Chinese, Southern Nigeria, Michelle Dornevel, human rights, human rights abuses, rights abuses, ill treatment, ill treatment torture, treatment torture, nepali girls, ‘bombay disease’, torture death,