Sex trafficking prevention is something that I have been passionate about for many years. I believe this intrest began due to the certian complexity surrounding the world of sex trafficking. I really wanted to understand this issue so that one day I could become educated enough about the topic to help rehabilitate and provide justice for victims. After spending two years of high school studying this topic through multiple perspectives, I found myself in the position to engage in conversations and provide insight in relation to this issue. In my first year of college, I have continued to find ways to engage in the freedom of sex trafficking victims and learn about the lives that they endure.
When I found out that we had to create an infographic I was eager to make something regarding the incarceration rates of sex trafficking victims. This was just complex enough to be visualized into a graphic. However, when we were given the list of topics for this project I was stumped. I needed to find a new way to demostate the issues surrounding sex trafficking within the guidelines of the project at hand.
After thoroughly thinking through both ideas of homelessness and sexual assult, I decided the most intrested and effective graphic I could make would be how child sexual abuse and sex trafficking correlate. I have researched this correlation in the past, and I found the statistics shocking and incredibly underrepresented. These two elements are really the reason why I choose this topic. I wanted to be able to create something visually appealing that also could inform people about this humongous issue that could be happening right in front of their eyes.
As I searched for statistics to help testify to this correlation, I wanted to find a flow in facts. This meant taking the viewer through the life of a victim of both childhood sexual abuse and sex trafficking. The infographic begins at the beginning of the story, where the issue at hand seems distant. The further you read however, all of the facts come together and make a more personal and significant story.
The design of this project was really based on legibility and commonality. I wanted this infographic to be easy to read, yet powerful. I didn’t want huge clumps of words or complex images. I simply wanted it to be user friendly so that this deep message could be spread more easily.
Essentially, I wanted to create this infographic so that people could become more educated on the issues that childhood abuse can bring. While my passion project lays more into the world of sex trafficking victimization, childhood sexual abuse is a key contributer to the entrance of victimization. While there may not be a “silver bullet solution to sex trafficking” it is essential that our society opens our eyes to the issue so that we can each be resources for victims when they are in abusive or manipulative situations (Anderson 2015). Hopefully, this graphic is something that inspires you to understand and to create awareness towards each of these issues.
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