APA Task Force on Human Trafficking of Women and Girls

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Women And Girls

scholarly journals Human Trafficking in North Sulawesi Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 251-253
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Commercial Sex ◽  
Commercial Sex Workers ◽  
Material Wealth ◽  
Debt Bondage ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
Origin Region

The aims of this research are to identify the factors that cause human trafficking, to describe the map of origin region and destination of delivery, to analyze the modes used by the traffickers. The method used is the Qualitative Descriptive Method. The results showed that there were seven main factors causing human trafficking in North Sulawesi. Those were lifestyle, lack of knowledge and capacity, potential employability as commercial sex workers, demand of commercial sex workers, youth marriage and limited employment in formal sectors and secullarism. Most of the victims came from Manado City, Minahasa, South Minahasa and North Minahasa Regency. The largest destination areas of the victims were Papua, West Papua, Southeast Sulawesi and Batam (the Province of Riau Islands). The modes used by the perpetrators are persuading victims to work outside the area with high incomes, cheated with debt bondage, offering scholarship programs, adopted as children, fraudulent and abducting. The efforts that need to be done to eliminate human trafficking are changing the lifestyles from consumptive to productive by increasing self-resilience (changing the paradigm of thinking to be realistic and not regarding material wealth as a source of self-esteem or avoiding hedonism) and improving self-capacity through continuous knowledge enhancement. Local governments need to enlighten the publics through various programs/activities such as socialization with emphasis on human trafficking modes, to train of members of the task force on prevention of human traffics, to cooperate and to form partnerships with other institutions and local/regional governments, to build cooperation on the prevention and handling of human traffics with non-government institutions, to break the links of sexual trafficking and other types of unlawful businesses, to prevent young marriages to stimulate job creations, especially in the formal sectors and to increase the roles of parents and education institutions

To Protect and Responsibilize: The Discursive Explosion of Combining Youth Sexuality, Human Trafficking, and Online Spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-83
Author(s):  
Katrin Roots ◽  
Emily Lockhart
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Risk Takers ◽  
Victim Vulnerability

The emergence of social media and digital technologies has resulted in new protectionist laws, policies, and mandates aimed at regulating the sexual behaviour of women and girls in online spaces. These neoliberal responsiblization strategies are aimed at shaping good, young digital citizens and have become further amplified through increased concerns about domestic human trafficking and victim vulnerability. This protectionism, however, is not always reflected in courtroom proceedings, revealing a tension between the protection and responsiblization of victims of trafficking in Canada. Using R v Oliver-Machado (2013) as a case study, we examine the ways in which the defence counsel’s reliance on commonplace defence tactics used in sexual assault cases responsibilize the young complainants in an attempt to discredit their victimhood and reconstruct them as online sexual risk takers.

Florida’s task force approach to combat human trafficking: an analysis of county-level data

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Huff-Corzine ◽  
Sarah Ann Sacra ◽  
Jay Corzine ◽  
Rachel Rados
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Task Force ◽  
County Level ◽  
Level Data

scholarly journals Stop traffick: Tackling demand for sexual services of trafficked women and girls

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-60
Author(s):  
Edward Keegan ◽  
Nusha Yonkova
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Sex Industry ◽  
Commercial Sex ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Sexual Services

The research focuses on the characteristic, knowledge, and experiences of buyers of sex, focusing on human trafficking and exploitation. Recognising that those trafficked for sexual exploitation are often exploited in the commercial sex industry, the research adopts an understanding of ‘demand’ in the context of human trafficking which includes demand for women in prostitution. In order to study buyers, a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research tools was used, including online questionnaires and face-to-face interviews. Through these methods, a total of 763 buyers engaged with the research, across four EU Member States (Ireland, Finland, Bulgaria and Lithuania). A number of important findings emerged in the research. Buyers interviewed were seen to have a complex view of sellers. They overwhelmingly viewed the sale of sex as a transaction between two consenting adults, but also saw sellers as different from other women. At the same time, although up to a third of buyers had witnessed or suspected exploitation, a gap emerged with regard to those who had reported such fears. Finally, irrespective of their knowledge of human trafficking, or measures targeting those who knowingly purchase sex from trafficked victims, buyers rarely considered trafficking when purchasing sex.Keywords: human trafficking; sexual exploitation; prostitution; demand; buyers

scholarly journals Prevalence and risk of violence and the mental, physical and sexual health problems associated with human trafficking: an updated systematic review

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Ottisova ◽  
S. Hemmings ◽  
L.M. Howard ◽  
C. Zimmerman ◽  
S. Oram
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Sex Industry ◽  
Stomach Pain ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Women And Girls

Background.To update and expand on a 2012 systematic review of the prevalence and risk of violence and the prevalence and risk of physical, mental and sexual health problems among trafficked people.Method.Systematic review and meta-analysis. Searches of 15 electronic databases of peer-reviewed articles and doctoral theses were supplemented by reference screening, citation tracking of included articles and expert recommendations. Studies were included if they reported on the prevalence or risk of violence while trafficked, or the prevalence or risk of physical, mental or sexual health outcomes among people who have been trafficked. Two reviewers independently screened papers for eligibility and appraised the quality of included studies.Results.Thirty-seven papers reporting on 31 studies were identified. The majority of studies were conducted in low and middle-income countries with women and girls trafficked into the sex industry. There is limited but emerging evidence on the health of trafficked men and the health consequences of trafficking into different forms of exploitation. Studies indicate that trafficked women, men and children experience high levels of violence and report significant levels of physical health symptoms, including headaches, stomach pain and back pain. Most commonly reported mental health problems include depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. Although serological data on sexually transmitted infections are limited, women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation self-report symptoms suggestive of a high prevalence of infections. Limitations of the review include methodological weaknesses of primary studies and some differences in definition and operationalisation of trafficking, which hinder comparability and generalisability of the results.Conclusions.There is increasing evidence human trafficking is associated with high prevalence and increased risk of violence and a range of physical and mental health problems. Although more studies have emerged in recent years reporting on the health of trafficked men and people trafficked for forms of exploitation other than in the sex industry, further research is needed in this area. Appropriate interventions and support services to address the multiple and serious medical needs, especially mental health, of trafficked people are urgently needed.

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