Julia Nguyen 21722480 Professor Clarke

Main Events in Combatting Sex Trafficking in Thailand

Present

1. main events 2. new info 3. notes/critique

Little Change in Combat

In August 2011, a UN Rapporteur on trafficking in person visited Thailand on an invitation from the government. She said that there was little effort in enforcing the antitrafficking framework and endemic corruption among law enforcement officials. Overall a failure to properly protect the rights and safety of trafficking victims. In northern areas such as Burma, lack of citizenship makes highland women and girls particularly vulnerable to being trafficked.

2010

What are specic examples or statistics that show that there is little change?

what did the laws specically target/do? How was it carried out? I focused too much on laws and the present, for HA essay, I should add more about how it began and the change thats occurred over time and connect that to why it remains a problem today

Anti-Trafficking Law

2000

In 2004 there was a joint anti-trafficking initiative between Myanmar, Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. In 2008, the Thai government issued the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act B.E. 2551

About one million women from China, Burma, Laos and Vietnam have been sold into Thailands sex industry.

1990

Major Increase
In 1991, thai women would be sold to Japan for $2,400-18,000 each. In 1997, it was reported that 60% o all trafficked victims are young girls under 18 who are forced into the sex industry.

PUBLIC ACTION NGO- Its known that poverty and lack of education is a contributor to the sex trade, some NGOs provide education about the sex industry to teach women and girls so they can choose other paths to make money.

Julia Nguyen 21722480 Professor Clarke

1980

GOVERNMENT-new prostitution act was enacted punishing the brothel owners

GOVERNMENT-the Thai government passed the Entertainment Places Act, aiming to regulate the places that prostitutes were found working by obtaining a license from the police before they could attend to male customers

Find more information from the root to 1990s! There isnt much info on why Thailand is such a popular sex tourist site.

Prostitution is illegal yet thailand is still promoting it in travel agencies.

1970

need more information about background

GOVERNMENT-Thai rest and recreation program for American soldiers. Promoted prostitution due to the money can talk about economic gain as contributor to promoting prostitution 1967

annual prot which amounted from $5 million in 1967 to $20 million in 1970

The Root
Around the time of the Vietnam war, there was an inux of American soldiers serving overseas. This opened up areas such as massage parlors and brothels which gave women jobs. Public Opinion- thought of it as a job opportunity.

1960