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“He says U.S. hasn’t done enough on the issue, rips misinterpretation of religious texts”
There are so many wrongs to right. Yet among them, Carter is putting one ahead of all others: Violence and injustice against girls and women.
“This is going to be the highest priority for the rest of my life,” he said this week.
He’s doing it at the urging of wife, Rosalynn, and for his daughter, three granddaughters and five great-granddaughters. He says he wants them to have the same opportunities and security that men do.
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Speaking to a crowd of students, the 39th president said the selling and buying of human beings is far from over.
“There’s more slavery now on earth than there ever was in the 19th or 18th century,” Carter said.
He said that in Atlanta, more than 200 people are sold in an average month, and the business of human trafficking is lucrative.
“Statistics show they make an average profit per girl of about $35,000 a year,” he said.