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CASTING FOR MODELS – AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG GIRLS! Always dreamed of gracing the covers of magazines? Here is your chance! Sign up today and receive our VIP agency package.

Package includes:

  • Flights to a foreign country you do not know you would be going to
  • Industry surprises of being forced into the human trafficking trade
  • Excitement of never being able to see your family again
  • And MUCH MUCH MORE!

So what exactly do we offer?

We will tell you that you have been offered an international modelling contract, and fly you out to a foreign country of which you will not know. We will seize your passport and all forms of identification so we are able to control you, force you into the human trafficking industry, and assign you what we will call your “agent”, but is really just your pimp.

Once you’ve been assigned to one of our agents, they will line you up with 10 – 12 clients per day! Travel to and from locations will be provided and all job opportunities will be mandatory and forced upon you.

You will live with other models who are subject to the same malnutrition, abuse and poor living conditions that you are in as well, so there will be lots of opportunity to make life long friends (and by life long, we mean these will be the ladies who will be forces into street prostitution with you once you are too old to be marketed as a young girl)!

**CONDITIONS**

  • We are not subject to liability regarding life long substance abuse used to cope with the physical and mental pain of being forced into the human trafficking industry
  • We are not liable for the treatment of models by clients, and will not provide and forms of medical treatment for injuries sustained while working
  • Any health inquiries will be ignored, and medical treatment is not provided
  • Access to birth control or any forms of contraception is not provided as unprotected sex is our most lucrative commodity
  • If you are arrested, we will not be liable for your charges, and you will be left to fend for yourself during your interaction with the law

Sounds like something you’re interested in? Hit that sign up button and lets get started!! You won’t want to miss this amazing opportunity to start your career and skyrocket into stardom!

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Human trafficking is the second largest illegal industry in the world next to the international drug trade, and not enough is being done to help those who are trapped within its clutches. Men, women, and children are being bought and sold by the thousands everyday to people who have nothing but evil, and ill intentions.

Often the children who are involved in human trafficking will spend their adult lives as the prostitutes we see on the streets. If arrested, these people are very often subject to the unfair treatment by the criminal justice system that will usually hand them the strictest sentence. Those who purchase their services will often, if at all, be subject to a few hours of community service, sent to a weekend at John School to learn the harmful ways prostitution affects society, or will be let go with nothing more than a slap on the wrist. More needs to be done to bring these purchasers to justice for demanding a service that is illegal and puts people at risk.

Rehabilitation options for those forced into human trafficking at a young age, then into street prostitution is needed. Anyone who is forced into a lifestyle that has negative effects on both their mental and physical health need resources to build coping skills that will provide a healthy way to move past their traumatic experience. These people will need to be supported and encouraged to use their experiences as a way of building strength to come back to society and be a productive, healthy individual.

People subject to prostitution and human trafficking almost never have access to health care or sexual health resources to keep them safe. These resources aren’t just difficult for victims of human trafficking to attain, but also are becoming increasingly difficult for everyday citizens to have access to as well.

Access to contraceptives, sexual health resources, and safe abortions are vital to the sexual health of people world wide. Everyone should have choices when it comes to how they choose to protect themselves, and how they choose to react in times of emergency. Options should be available for everyone, period.

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Equality for women is an issue that is recognized world wide. Looking back on the history of women’s rights show us just how far we have come. Women are more often now being recognized for their achievements and abilities the same way men are. They are being celebrated for more than just physical attributes. Achievements in science and medicine that are lead by women are becoming more and more well known. But, even with how far we have come, there is still a large community of people who are not as up to date with equality as they should be.

One of today’s most well known uses of shock politics belongs to Donald Trump’s comments about women. Whether it is stating that if Ivanka was not his daughter, he might be dating her, or that it doesn’t matter what female journalists write as long as they are attractive, or that just because he is a big star he can do whatever he wants to women, statements like these are recognized from around the world. He used these comments to keep himself trending during the election period. This played a massive role in his eventual win as he remained in the brains of American’s throughout his campaign. Society is doing its best to go against the inequality that has been engrained in our behaviour for generations. We have come so far, from giving women the right to education and vote, to having the first female astronaut sent into space, to having the first First Lady to be elected into public office in the United States. Women are capable of doing the same things men do, and witnessing the President of the United States cut down and degrade women in order to get ahead in politics is only working against the progress we have been able to make within the latest few generations.

Women working hard towards achieving the same goals as men is not just limited to North America. In developing countries, women are not given the same access to agricultural resources that their male counterparts are given. This effects the population of people in the world who do not have enough food to survive. Crop productions could almost double if women and men were held to the same standard in these countries. There would be enough food present to cut the world hunger problem by a large percent. This is outlined in the video “Gender in Agriculture and Rural Development” shown in Module 3. It is stated that the countries that prioritize gender equality in the agriculture industry have been able to obtain a stronger sense of food security for their citizens.

Giving women the tools necessary to contribute to their community only strengthen that community more as a whole. Their contributions are proven to aid in diminishing the world hunger problem, yet many countries do not follow in the equality footsteps of others. Men and women who work with livestock have shown that they both profit equally from their goods, but it has been shown that women typically do not have as many animals under their care than their male counterparts do. The ownership of land also plays a major part in the success of male and female agriculture workers. Male households on average will have two or three times larger land holdings than those of female households. This gives males the opportunity to produce more crop than females, only aiding in the gender imbalance within the industry. If these countries were willing to enforce equality in their distribution and opportunity for growth within agriculture, they would notice a spike in food production, and a decline in numbers of people who would otherwise be going without food. Promoting women’s equality would benefit everyone.

Women around the world have been fighting for equality for many generations. Although we have come very far from where we once were, there is still much of an uphill climb to be made. Whether you are living in an apartment in Vancouver, or you are volunteering in a developing country overseas, equality for women is an issue that will follow you wherever you may go.