4.9.5: Human Trafficking
Combating Human Trafficking. Other Information:
Some 27 million women, men, and children around the world are victims of human trafficking. The President and the Democratic
Party believe that trafficking in persons is both an affront to our fundamental values and, as a source of funds for transnational
criminals and terrorist organization, a threat to national and international security. The Obama administration has used bilateral
and multilateral diplomacy, targeted foreign assistance, training programs, public outreach, and law enforcement to combat
trafficking in persons across the globe. The administration has continued to provide annual assessments of the strengths and
weaknesses of foreign governments' efforts to address the issue, encouraging all countries to do more and calling out countries
that have failed to do enough. And the administration has provided technical assistance to improve law enforcement and grants
to support grassroots prevention efforts around the world targeting sex and labor trafficking, child sex tourism, forced child
labor, and other abuses. The administration is also committed to taking action at home to fight trafficking, including the
sex trafficking of young girls. Gay Rights as Human Rights. Recognizing that gay rights are human rights, the President and
his administration have vowed to actively combat efforts by other nations that criminalize homosexual conduct or ignore abuse.
Under the Obama administration, American diplomats must raise the issue wherever harassment or abuse arises, and they are
required to record it in the State Department's annual report on human rights. And the State Department is funding a program
that finances gay rights organizations to combat discrimination, violence, and other abuses.
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