A person’s gender within Southeast Asia puts boundary limitations upon movement, political rights, ability to work, and general independence. Gender hierarchies do not rank individual gender but instead focus on a society’s interpretation of maleness verses femaleness on a binary scale. At one end of the binary scale is maleness manifesting itself within the public domain while the femaleness frequently focuses on private and domestic activities. While each country in Southeast Asia is unique in their address of gender, there are a number of prominent gender issues raised due to the gender hierarchy in Southeast Asia. Culture norms in Southeast Asia stem from a diversity in religious, developmental, and economic situations yet the overarching …show more content…
The type of work women do when trafficked is of direct consequence of gender hierarchies and reflects the social standing and limitations set upon women. The work is feminized and more often takes the form of emotional labor. Trafficked women who perform emotional labor, through prostitution and other services, work “primarily through a gender lens” (Kang). The ‘femaleness’ associated to women creates a sexual division of labor whereas women perform internal household duties which further isolates them within the private sphere. Women in Southeast Asia are less empowered than men due to societal constraints. The gender inequalities are a reality for women when it comes to “access to education and work opportunities and access to fair and timely justice system, as well as attainment of human and social rights,” (Global Report of Trafficking in Persons). Due to prevailing gender hierarchies, women and girls are seen as burdens on the family. Women and girls typically leave the family when they are married and integrate themselves within their new husband’s family. Poorer families may view their female children as a burden, financially and emotionally raising a child who will eventually leave the family and not take care of the parents during old age (Panter-Brick). Sadly for some families in Southeast Asia, the more profitable option is to sell the daughters and keep the money for their male children’s
A Not so Happy Happiness House Lakshmi’s journey as a young girl throughout Sold by Patricia McCormick illustrates and sheds light on a few of the 12,000 girls in Nepal that get trafficked or sold by their own families to pay off debts and provide an income. Society often forgets that issues such as these still exist, where young girls are unwillingly forced into prostitution. The things they go through, being manipulated, and held hostage are shown throughout the book. Through Lakshmi’s perspective on sex trafficking in the book and the struggle of will women face, can be seen throughout her experiences and the people she meets. Sex trafficking of females is one of the largest issues world wide, with majority of society uninformed of the
After reading Sold by, Patricia Mccormick I realized that no matter how many men a thirteen year old sleeps with, ther innocence still exists. Underneath the violation and dehumanization a child still exists. No matter how many men Lakshmi gets taken advantage by she still exists. Patricia Mccormick captures the lifestyle that a sex trafficking victim endures through a number of interviews in India and Nepal. The author captures every aspect and angle of human sexual exploitation.
Slavery was abolished in 1865, and yet it is among one of the world’s greatest issues. Is there enough being done that sheds a light on human trafficking? Human trafficking, or modern-day slavery, has always been prevalent since hundreds of years ago. Abolishing slavery did not eradicate the issue; it only made people sweep it under the rug. Alessandra Potenza points out that many people are living under modern forms of slavery today.
Thesis Statement When people think of human trafficking, many people think of just sex trafficking, but human trafficking also includes labor trafficking, which means being forced to
It is the world’s fastest growing global crime that people are being bought, sold and smuggled for sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, bonded labour and even organ sacrifice ending up with death. The most tragic fact is 26% of the victims that are sucked into trafficking are children. In this violation of human rights’ grave, where persons have a price tag, anyone can be a victim. Human trafficking doesn’t discriminate on age, gender, race or religion. It is happening to humans, just like
Fourteen year old Holly ran away from home with a guy she met at the mall in New Jersey. She imagine running toward opportunity, towards freedom, and possibility with the guy. But in reality, she ran right in the inevitable controls of a sex trafficking loop. Her beloved guy turned out to be a devious and threatening pimp, she was coerced into working in New Jersey until dawn the next day. She was later rescued by getting arrested because she was underage out late (RJI).
In this book, author Siddharth Kara investigates the dynamics of the global sex trade industry in attempts to address key impediments in establishing effective global response to eradicate it (Kara, p. 24). The central argument of this book is that the flagrancy and universality of sex trafficking can be understood as the result of colossal profits associated with selling sex inexpensively and globally (Kara, p. 24). Throughout this book the author provides an account of his journey into the world of sex trafficking by sharing the stories of victims, testimonies of participants and industry leaders, and further, illustrating a background of the financial, economic, and legal circumstances surrounding the industry. Kara provides an analysis
In Sundiata, women played many roles from Mothers (raising their children) to ones filled with jealousy and hatred, to hard-working and at times oppressed beings. The responsibility of a woman being a mother comes or should come natural. Therefore a mother would do any and everything to protect their child. Sologon, whom is the mother of Sundiata portrayed this trait of a woman by fleeing with her son Sundiata to Timbuktu to avoid him being killed. Sologons fleeing was brought about by the jealousy of Sassouma Béréte, who had plotted on her son being heir to the throne.
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in El Salvador $5000 dollars are paid for each minor in the human trafficking ring in El Salvador. It is time, at last, to speak the truth about human trafficking which is an important topic on El Salvador. The goal here is to make people reflex about this problem, that if it’s not happening in your country it doesn't mean it’s not happening somewhere else, and grabbing your attention by talking about the laws against this issue, the favourite one in this chain: Salvadoran girls and woman and finally, the principals gangs of Human Trafficking. El Salvador is an important source and destination for women, men and children who are subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. The application of certain
In china trafficking has many forms: purchasing for brides, purchasing male son, selling unwanted girls (female children), and using people for slave labour, prostitution or commercial sex. Mainly in rural areas of china, men are willingly seeking the brides from a country in which women are short in supply. And these men willingly married to trafficked women. Trafficking of boy children and women has become serious human violation in china. As per the report of TIP from U.S department “domestic trafficking is the most signi9ficant problem in china.”
Equality among people justifies the development of human civilization. The history witnesses how people mistreated the others and how other people fought for freedom. It proves a permanent truth that the more civilized the people are, the less inequality would be promoted. However, there was no one period in the past, even now, without inequality completely. The slavery issue in the West and the gender inequality in the East both brought unimaginable damage for not only the groups of people who were mistreated, but also the society which is supposed to be peaceful, fair and justice.
Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons (TIP) or modern day slavery, is a heinous and widespread crime occurring around the world in nearly every society. Most people often thought slavery was part of the past; however, human slavery is part of our current society and has been an on-going issue around the world. Human trafficking is a type of slavery that involves forced or bonded labour, sexual servitude, child labour, or involuntary servitude all over the world. It is important to note that sex trafficking contributes to more than half of human trafficking and most of these victims are women and young girls. This modern day slavery can happen to anyone, anywhere, and at anytime (Ton, 2012).This literature review of documents and reports
Therefore, this is clearly not an example of human trafficking. After analyzing each sources use of the three most important components of human trafficking, the better piece is clear. Forced labor, captivity, and poor working conditions were all used as criterion for human trafficking in Noy Thrupkaew’s piece. “Slavery in the Fields” failed to meet even one of these criterion. Human trafficking is a very rampant problem, and we should not reduce it with loose interpretations of what constitutes it.
Gender Equality is the only way forward. What is gender equality? Gender equality is achieved when all genders enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and decision-making, and when the different behaviors, aspirations and needs of women and men are equally valued and favored.
Introduction In India, discriminatory attitude towards men and women have existed for generations and thus it affect the lives of both genders. Although the constitution of India has granted men and women equal rights, but gender gap still remains. Female discrimination violates human rights. These are mostly seen in family land sharing among sisters and brothers.