Becca Lamb

Combatting Sex Trafficking In Southeast Asia

II. Strategies to Combat Trafficking A. Government Assistance1. International Border Security2. Local law enforcement

B. Local NGO programs 1. Community Awareness and Prevention 2. Rescues in partnership with law enforcement 3. Victim Defense 4. Aftercare

Outline

I. Causes A. Push Factors 1. Poverty 2. Lack of Education and opportunity B. Pull Factors 1. High Demand 2. No family resistance

Thesis: Sex trafficking of females in Southeast Asia can best be combated through cultural change and economic opportunity.

•1/3 of global sex trade originates in Southeast Asia

• Receiving countries: United States, Europe.

Where is it most prevalent?

Supply Countries to U.S. destinations

•Pull factors: • High demand from locals, businessmen, sex tourists, pedophiles• No support from families

•Push factors: •Financial necessity •Lack of education and opportunity•Cultural view of women

Why is it so widespread?

-Governmental assistance through law enforcement and international border security: corruption and lack of accountability

-NGO programs: awareness education, victim defense, rehabilitation, vocational training

Strategies to combat human trafficking

•Programs to educate communities

•Rescues and victim defense in partnership with local authorities

•Aftercare, rehabilitation

•Vocational training and job opportunities

Successful NGO work

International laws regarding trafficking

Thesis: Sex trafficking of females in Southeast Asia can best be combated through cultural change and economic opportunity.

Conclusion

Economic opportunity is the most important exit for leaving the sex trade. NGOs execute these strategies most effectively, though ideally the governments would one day step in and be accountable.

Most difficult things about process

Most valuable things about process•Learning the ways with which to solve a widespread problem

•Discovering how aid organizations work and assist those in need overseas

•Since it is an illegal trade, exact data is hard to find

•Finding focused information specific to Southeast Asia

Research Process

• There are more slaves in the world today than at any point in human history.

•Cultural view of virginity contributes to issue of sex slavery

•Issues of corruption and border security: the visa application of Japan and Korea has a category for entertainers that is often used for trafficking women for sexual exploitation

Interesting Discoveries

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"Southeast Asia." - Coalition Against Trafficking of Women. Web. 22 Jan. 2012. <http://www.catwinternational.org/factbook/Southeast_Asia.php>.

"Asia Times." Asia Times Online. Web. 22 Jan. 2012. <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/DJ10Dk01.html>.

Lean, Lin L. The Sex Factor: The Economic and Social Bases of Prostitution in Southeast Asia. London: Biddles, 1998. Print.

"Ellington." Studying the Sex Trade. Web. 22 Feb. 2012. <http://dailyuw.com/news/2007/may/24/studying-the-sex-trade/>.

Skeldon, R. (2000), Trafficking: A Perspective from Asia. International Migration, 38: 7–30. doi: 10.1111/1468-2435.00113

Abigail, Schwartz. Sex Trafficking in Cambodia. New York: Hein, 2003. Print.

Law, Lisa. Sex Work in Southeast Asia: The Place of Desire in a Time of AIDS. London: Routledge, 2000. Print.

Laczko, Frank. Data and Research on Human Trafficking: A Global Survey. Geneva: International Organization for Migration, 2005. Print.

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Parrot, Andrea, and Nina Cummings. Sexual Enslavement of Girls and Women Worldwide. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2008. Print.

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