The Traffic in Women: Human Realities of the International Sex Trade
This moving but unemotional account of the rapidly-expanding international traffic in women reveals it as a global issue. Using original, carefully-documented field studies from Thailand, it explores the nature and extent of the problem worldwide. It demonstrates how the traffic in women and forced prostitution are aspects of transnational migration, now estimated to involve 70 million people worldwide. As agents of slavery, these women also suffer grave violations of human rights. Avoiding...
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This moving but unemotional account of the rapidly-expanding international traffic in women reveals it as a global issue. Using original, carefully-documented field studies from Thailand, it explores the nature and extent of the problem worldwide. It demonstrates how the traffic in women and forced prostitution are aspects of transnational migration, now estimated to involve 70 million people worldwide. As forms of slavery, they are also grave violations of human rights. Avoiding rhetorical condemndation and simplistic solutions, the book shows how women themselves can be empowered to end the traffic and ends with detailed recommendations for change.
Preface1The Trafficked Women of Thailand12The Basis for the Foundation for Women's Research into the Trafficking of Thai Women63Migration124Migration and the Trade in Women in Thailand205Features of the Traffic in Women296Routes and Networks377Working Conditions568Women, Family and Community689From Research to Action8010Conclusion98AppDraft of Standard minimum rules for the treatment of victims of trafficking in persons and forced labour and slavery-like practices110Bibliography117Index120
