Issue No. 5
RVP Newsletter
2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the Webmasters
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Human Trafficking is Gender Blind
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RVP takes on RICON!
3
RVP Wrapped
4
Contact/About Us
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Hello readers!
This
issue
newsletter
is
a
for
sad
the
one,
term
at
least
(we’re
for
both
me
going
and to
be
Andy. gone
It’s this
our
last
summer),
and we can’t thank you guys enough for sticking around! We hope you were
able
to
learn
from
and
enjoy
our
newsletter
throughout
the
months - we definitely enjoyed creating it.
We hope you enjoyed meeting the graphic designers last issue. They are
the
most
important
part
of
this
project
-
without
them,
the
newsletters would never get released, and nothing would look pretty! Our graphic designers are amazing, and we hope you liked learning about them just as much as we did while writing it.
For
our
last
inequalities
issue, in
we
have
trafficking
an
interesting
that
we
hope
article you’ll
about be
the
able
gender to
take
something away from. We also have an RVP wrap-up to recognize a few
of
the
things
our
members
were
able
to
accomplish
this
term!
Again, thank you for sticking around, and we hope to see you in RVP or at one of our events next term.
-Andy and Jordan 2021-22 Co-Webmasters
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS GENDER BLIND Let’s break down the stereotype
This isn’t to say that males cannot
that only women and girls can be
become victims of trafficking. Even
victims of trafficking. It’s true that
though sexual trafficking mainly
sexual trafficking mostly affects
affects women, there are still a
females, and this is due to the fact
great number of victims who are
that sexual exploitation and
male. When people think of
violence, domestic servitude, and
trafficking, they mainly think of
forced marriage, which all lead to
sexual exploitation, and since most
forms of sexual trafficking, most
victims are female, it may be
commonly affect females. Since
harder to identify and therefore
sexual exploitation is the most
help male victims of sexual
common form of trafficking, mostly
trafficking. Males are more
women and girls are victims of
susceptible to other for of
trafficking in general. They
trafficking, such as labor or organ
account for 71% of all victims
harvesting. For example, over 80%
detected globally
of victims of trafficking for organ removal are male.
Trafficking that targets and harms females exist primarily due to
Since women and girls are the
cultural norms; in many countries,
most common victims of trafficking
it’s very common for abuse against
in general, most aid and
females to be normalized, or at
organizations aim to aid females
the very least, seen as something
primarily, and while this does make
that can’t be helped or fixed. A
sense we must not forget that
lack of protection, opportunity,
anyone can be a victim of
and legislation for women and
trafficking. Additionally, the hope
girls makes abusive relationships
for organizations and government
and trafficking unavoidable for
entities aiding with this crisis is
many victims. For example, in many
that they will focus on providing
countries, girls drop out of the
aid for all gender and age
schooling system early (around
identities to best aid anyone, as
middle-school age) in order to
well as focus more on preventing,
help their families or be married
prosecuting, and/or convicting
off. Therefore, they aren’t able to
traffickers.
stay in school and are more vulnerable to trafficking.
RVP takes on RICON! Recently, some of RVP's advisors and student board members took a trip to Houston for this year's Rotary International Convention (RICON), an annual event where Rotary clubs and organizations can display and promote their work! We were able to meet lots of new faces and gain more support for RVP at the convention, as well as learn about similar projects by other Rotary clubs around the world.
"Participating in RICON has helped me and my other RVP members learn more about different Interactors, Rotaractors, Rotarians' backgrounds, and more about each other." - Hung Le
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newsletters written and designed
16 2
zoom calls
flyers/posts designed
meetings planned
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40 3
books read
coffees drank
polaroids snapped
cups of boba consumed (weekly average)
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contact us @rotaryd5170vietnamproject @RVP5170 rvpinternationaloutreach@gmail.com rotarydistrict5170vietnamproject.org
Interested in sponsoring or collaborating with us? Feel free to reach out at RotaryDistrict5170VietnamProj@gmail.com for more information.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT: Save the Children Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
UNICEF Orphaned Starfish Foundation The Polaris Project
NEWSLETTER DESIGNED BY RVP GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: HAYLIUE TAN AND JULIA MAO