Understanding the Complexities of Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation: The Case of Southeast Asia

Blackburn, Ashley G.; Taylor, Robert W.; Davis, Jennifer Elaine

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“…Illustrative of this is that 51 percent of Cambodian girls in one study had lost their virginity to a tourist or foreign client, indicating the important role that sex tourism plays in the growth of trafficking (Samarasinghe 2008). Investigators have discovered girls as young as 5 years of age working in the sex trade in Cambodia (Blackburn et al 2010). Brown (2007) has discussed in depth the existence and popularity of what she labels the "virginity trade" in Cambodia.…”

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“…Other critics, such as Obokata (2006), argue that despite a recent flurry of legislation against human trafficking, the government of Thailand still tolerates the sex industry because of the large amount of profit it generates. Blackburn et al (2010) stated that the sex industry contributes more than $22 billion to Thailand's gross domestic product. This statistic underscores why the sex industry in Thailand is so entrenched in Thai culture (Blackburn et al 2010).…”

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“…Because of extreme poverty families in the Southeast Asia region have been known to be manipulated into giving up their children to recruiters to make ends meet when faced with bleak economic opportunities (Leung 2003). Some children are turned over to recruiters by their families as part of an ancient practice known as debt bondage, in which children, usually girls, are sent to work for creditors until they pay off a family's debt (Blackburn, Taylor, and Davis 2010). In many cases of trafficking in the GMS, the children have themselves initiated the migration process, motivated by real and/or perceived differences in lifestyles, employment opportunities, and pay levels between Thailand and surrounding countries (Huijsmans 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Cambodia is noted as being one of the poorest countries in the world (Blackburn et al 2010). Of the Southeast Asian countries touched by child trafficking, Cambodia is one of the most affected, especially with regard to health issues such as HIV/AIDS.…”

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Responding to Child Sex Trafficking: Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Davy¹

2013

Women & Criminal Justice

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The rapidly expanding market in enslaved children bought and sold for sex is one of the most inhumane transnational crimes that appears to have been facilitated by globalization and its many effects, such as a growing disparity in wealth between north and south. Child sex trafficking has become one of the most highly publicized social issues of this time, and, because of its global nature, transnational advocacy networks are well placed and central to leading campaigns against it. Transnational advocacy network anti-trafficking efforts have led to significant progress in the Mekong Subregion by bringing the child trafficking issue onto the global social policy agenda, resulting in new child protection legislation and improved interagency collaboration in the region.

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confidence: 99%

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Responding to Child Sex Trafficking: Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Davy¹

2013

Women & Criminal Justice

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“…Hay que ser conscientes que muchas mujeres están presionadas por la pobreza y circunstancias económicas y un buen número de mujeres y jóvenes están siendo coercidas, violentadas o engañadas (Blackburn, Taylor y Davis, 2010).…”

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La estructura del “sector del sexo” en el sureste asiático. Una realidad poliédrica

Gordaliza

Brage

Socías

2016

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Este artículo estudia, mediante un análisis sistemático, los elementos más significativos que definen la industria del sexo en el sureste asiático. Entre ellos destacamos en primer lugar, su compleja, organización, sofisticación, diversificación y estructuración; su relación con la feminización de la pobreza, las migraciones y las minorías étnicas. El tráfico sexual y el turismo sexual creciente. En segundo lugar hablaremos sobre su clientela, la estructura demográfica joven y el acceso al mercado de la prostitución a edades muy tempranas. Seguidamente haremos alusión a las desigualdades de género, las creencias socioculturales, religiosas y al imaginario social colectivo. A continuación incidiremos en las “prostituciones” (directas o indirectas), la idea de la elección y los límites en su producción estadística. Por último terminamos con una propuesta orientativa para enriquecer el debate y aportar vías facilitadoras para encarar el fenómeno desde la perspectiva de los derechos humanos.This paper studies the most significant elements that define the sex industry in Southeast Asia, using the systematic bibliographic revision. These include, first, its complex, organization, sophistication, diversification and structuring; Its relation with the feminization of poverty, migration and ethnic minorities, sex trafficking, and the growing sex tourism. Second, we will talk about its customers, the young demographic structure and the early access to the prostitution market. Then we shall refer to gender inequalities, cultural and religious beliefs, and the collective social imaginary. Next, we will discuss the concept of direct and indirect prostitution, the idea of choice and their limits on the statistics production. Finally we will look for some discussion to address the phenomenon from a human rights perspective

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Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Kethineni¹,

Lerner²

2013

The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) refers to a number of transactional sexual activities involving minors in which adults offer false promises of food, shelter, clothing, money, or other items of value, either to the child or to an interested third party, usually a family member (Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action 1996). According to the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), child sexual exploitation includes such activities as procuring children to participate in child pornography, child prostitution, sex tourism, extrafamilial sexual molestation, sending obscene unsolicited materials to a child via the US Postal Service, online enticement of children for transactional sexual activities, and digital transactions of sexual content. In addition, the organization End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT n.d.) identified child marriage, forced marriage, and pedophilia as acts that fall under the CSEC definition.

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Understanding the Complexities of Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation: The Case of Southeast Asia

Cited by 37 publications

References 9 publications

Responding to Child Sex Trafficking: Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Responding to Child Sex Trafficking: Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Greater Mekong Subregion

La estructura del “sector del sexo” en el sureste asiático. Una realidad poliédrica

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

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