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Tips on How to Blog About Modern Slavery
Many people don't know that slavery still exists, but there are anywhere from up to 27 million slaves in the world today. You can help spread awareness by blogging about this issue. Not sure where to start? Below you can find some ideas and resources to help you blog about modern slavery.
Share The Facts
The facts regarding modern slavery are shocking and moving. Sharing the 10 facts about modern slavery below is a quick and easy way to spread awareness. You have permission to use these facts verbatim, but should include the sources listed. You may reword them so long as the rewording doesn't affect their accuracy. I also encourage you let others know that these are free to share.
References:
SOURCES FOR 10 FACTS:
1. AlterNet 2. BBC Ethics Guide: Modern Slavery 3. DoSomething.org 4. Wikipedia 5 - 8. International Justice Mission's Sex Trafficking Fact Sheet 9. Traffic 911 10. Free The Slaves.
- There are more slaves today than in any other time in modern history--around 27 million.
- Slavery is illegal everywhere, but nevertheless is extremely widespread. Slavery exists even in developed nations, like the United States.
- The average cost of a slave around the world is $90.
- The slave trade today is commonly called "human trafficking." Human trafficking includes sex trafficking and trafficking for forced labor.
- Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world, second in size only to drug dealing, with the illegal arms trade running alongside.
- Around 80% of human trafficking victims are women and girls.
- 50% of human trafficking victims are under 18.
- Worldwide, there are nearly two million children in the commercial sex trade.
- After being forced into prostitution, the average life expectancy for a child prostitute is 7 years.
- 1,000s of victims are trafficked into the US every year.
References:
SOURCES FOR 10 FACTS:
1. AlterNet 2. BBC Ethics Guide: Modern Slavery 3. DoSomething.org 4. Wikipedia 5 - 8. International Justice Mission's Sex Trafficking Fact Sheet 9. Traffic 911 10. Free The Slaves.
Post a Video
Videos are easy to share on your blog, and there are many excellent ones on the topic of modern slavery. I've included some of the excellent videos I've found below. Here's how to post them:
ON BLOGGER BLOGS:
To post one of these videos on your blog, simply click the "share" button after watching the video, then click the embed button to get the code. Click over to the HTML tab in the post editor and copy paste the code.
ON WORDPRESS BLOGS:
See instructions here.
You can find more excellent videos about slavery (of various lengths) at Love146.
ON BLOGGER BLOGS:
To post one of these videos on your blog, simply click the "share" button after watching the video, then click the embed button to get the code. Click over to the HTML tab in the post editor and copy paste the code.
ON WORDPRESS BLOGS:
See instructions here.
You can find more excellent videos about slavery (of various lengths) at Love146.
Shorter Videos
Sometimes it's hard to get people to stop and look at something. These videos or all less than 5 minutes long. Some of them are less than 1 minute long.
curated content from YouTube
Longer Videos
These longer videos offer more information about slavery than can be presented in a shorter clip. While some people won't take the time to watch these, those that do will have a fuller understanding of the issue of modern slavery.
curated content from YouTube
Use an Infographic
Infographics are graphics which convey informations. They are visually appealing and often people are more likely to read them then an article. Using an infographic your blog is an effective way to share about slavery.
Here are some infographic which may be reposted on blogs. Credit is usually required, and sometimes notification, so make sure to read the text under each graphic to see what you need to do to use it. Also, please DO NOT REMOTE LINK, as this slows down the servers of the sites these graphics are from. Save to your own computer then upload to your blog.
Here are some infographic which may be reposted on blogs. Credit is usually required, and sometimes notification, so make sure to read the text under each graphic to see what you need to do to use it. Also, please DO NOT REMOTE LINK, as this slows down the servers of the sites these graphics are from. Save to your own computer then upload to your blog.
As you can tell, this is just the first section of this excellent infographic about slavery. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL INFOGRAPHIC. Please credit this graphic to Macenzie Child (http://mackenziechild.org). You can copy paste the code below to credit this graphic.
Graphic by <A HREF="http://mackenziechild.org/">Mackenzie Child</A>.
Credit as follows: Graphic by MistressAquarius with photo by Selma17. You can use the copy paste code below to add the credit under the graphic on your blog:
Graphic by <A HREF="http://mistressaquarius.deviantart.com/">MistressAquarius</A> with photo by <A HREF="http://selma17.deviantart.com/">Selma17</A>.
Talinakirra has a series of 9 infographics, each with an image, a word, and a sentence with information about human trafficking. No credit or link back is required to use these images. In her words, "they are there to spread awareness and anyone who wants to use them can, no credit needed." However, if you would like to give credit you can use the following code:
<A HREF="http://talinakirra.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=trafficking">Human Trafficking Infographics</A> by <A HREF="http://talinakirra.deviantart.com">Talinakirra</A>.
Localize the Message
One of the most surprising things I learned in my research on modern slavery was how widespread it was. It's happens everywhere, even here in the US. If your blog caters to a local crowd, showing how human trafficking affects your region can be a powerful way to share about this issue. Sometimes you can find news articles about trafficking in your area simply by doing a google search with the terms "human trafficking" and your city or state name. Polaris Project also has a collection of resources organized by state (organizations, state laws, local news, etc.).
Another resource you can use is SlaveryMap.org. SlaveryMap shows incidents of human trafficking around the world. You can embed a map of an incident in your area by clicking on the incident (incidents are shown on the map with an orange box and an exclamation point) and grabbing the embed code listed there.
Another resource you can use is SlaveryMap.org. SlaveryMap shows incidents of human trafficking around the world. You can embed a map of an incident in your area by clicking on the incident (incidents are shown on the map with an orange box and an exclamation point) and grabbing the embed code listed there.
Just Speak From Your Heart
Sometimes the best way to share is just to use your own words. It takes a little more time and effort, but all those research papers you wrote in school and all the experience you've gotten writing your blog have prepared you for this. You have the whole internet at your disposal, and a google search on human trafficking (or whatever aspect of it that you plan to write on) will bring up more than enough information for you to use. You can't copy their wording, and you should cite the sources you get your facts from, but facts aren't copyrighted and it is ok to quote a sentence or two so long as you give credit. You don't need to be an expert to share what you've learned, and when you spread awareness you can make a real difference!
More Ways to Help
- 21 Ways to help
- A list put out by the A21 Campaign listing 21 ways to help combat slavery. The A21 Campaign is a non-profit organisation, principally engaged in the abolishment of human injustice in the 21st Century, with particular emphasis on abolishing human trafficking- modern day slavery
Credit for Intro Graphic
The mousepad pictured is something I created at Zazzle.com, where they sell mousepads and other products that can be customized with your own text or graphics. While there isn't a mousepad for sale there exactly like that, anyone could make one using their text customization.
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