Child Prostitution in Thailand

Child Prostitution in Thailand
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 105
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ISBN-10 : 1315865025
ISBN-13 : 9781315865027
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Child Prostitution in Thailand by : Siroj Sorajjakool

What can we learn from the tragedy of these exploited young people? In Thailand, a thriving sex industry makes its money exploiting the young. Some children are coerced into prostitution and some have been sold into sexual slavery by their own families, but just as tragically there is no shortage of young girls (and boys) willing to work as prostitutes. Child Prostitution in Thailand: Listening to Rahab searches for the reasons why. This uniquely insightful book looks into the lives--and even more importantly, listens to the words--of ten Thai prostitutes. Child Prostitution in Thailand is about what we can learn from them--who they are, what they go through, and why.

Modern Babylon?

Modern Babylon?
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 1571813187
ISBN-13 : 9781571813183
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Modern Babylon? by : Heather Montgomery

Child prostitution became one of the key concerns of the international community in the 1990s. World congresses were held, international and national laws were changed and concern over "cemmercially sexually exploited children" rose dramatically. Rarely, however, were the children who worked as prostitutes consulted of questioned in this process, and the voices of these children brought into focus. This book is the first to address the children directly, to examine their daily lives, their motivations and their perceptions of what they do. Based on 15 months of fieldwork in a Thai tourist community that survived through child prostitution, this book draws on anthropological theories on childhood and kinship to contextualize the experiences of this group of Thai child prostitutes and to contrast these with the stereotypes held of them by those outside their community.

Human Trafficking in Thailand

Human Trafficking in Thailand
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Publisher : Silkworm Books
Total Pages : 107
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ISBN-10 : 9781631021947
ISBN-13 : 163102194X
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Human Trafficking in Thailand by : Siroj Sorajjakool

Few subjects elicit greater moral outrage than human trafficking. Media reports of dehumanizing practices such as slavery, abduction, child prostitution, and torture, along with shocking statistics, form the basis of public knowledge. Those who work closely with victims acknowledge the complexity of the issue, and it is this complexity, rather than loose statistics and conjecture, that deserves our attention. With sensitivity and candor, this book addresses the reality of human trafficking in Thailand, dissecting studies, presenting facts, and dismissing stereotypes. It focuses on the areas of fishing, agriculture, domestic work, sex work, and the trafficking of children, weaving individual narratives and official studies into the wider history of Thailand’s changing economy and labor situation. It also details how the Thai government has addressed the issue, reflects on the roots of human exploitation, and suggests a way forward. This book raises much-needed awareness of commonly held misconceptions and clarifies what we know and what we have yet to discover about the trafficking of persons to and from Thailand. Highlights • Concise and accessible study of the reality of human trafficking in Thailand • Thorough critical analysis of current policies and public discourse on trafficking • Details relevant Thai and international laws • Discusses the relationship between the modern economic system and exploitation • Analyzes the changing face of the Thai labor market and the impact of industrialization on the Thai population

Child Prostitution in Thailand

Child Prostitution in Thailand
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 158
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ISBN-10 : 9781317956457
ISBN-13 : 1317956451
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Child Prostitution in Thailand by : Siroj Sorajjakool

What can we learn from the tragedy of these exploited young people? In Thailand, a thriving sex industry makes its money exploiting the young. Some children are coerced into prostitution and some have been sold into sexual slavery by their own families, but just as tragically there is no shortage of young girls (and boys) willing to work as prostitutes. Child Prostitution in Thailand: Listening to Rahab searches for the reasons why. This uniquely insightful book looks into the lives--and even more importantly, listens to the words--of ten Thai prostitutes. Child Prostitution in Thailand is about what we can learn from them--who they are, what they go through, and why. In their own words, the young prostitutes you'll meet in this book Thailand discuss what brought them into this life. Some have come from a tragic home situation, but not all are impoverished, orphaned, or abused. Nevertheless, they have entered into a dangerous and degrading lifestyle that often leads to violence, sickness, and early death. Of these ten prostitutes, one has already passed away and four more are dying with AIDS. This remarkable volume will help you to understand: how Thailand's child prostitution industry developed the impact upon girls and young women of Thailand's evolution from an agriculturally based economy to an industrial one changing forms of child prostitution who the customers are the role of tourism and its impact on child prostitution in Thailand how poverty, poor education, a sexually focused mass media, lack of religious emphasis, disability, and the lack of a clear policy on child prostitution help the sex industry to thrive This book also explores the details of child prostitution in Thailand--for instance, in open-air “restaurants” and “pubs” in Chiang Mai, your young waitress may double as a sex worker--and her provocative “uniform” represents a dress code enforced by the establishment’s owner. A “café” is another kind of sex service disguised as (and functioning as) a bar/restaurant. Here, young girls working ten- and eleven-hour shifts in short skirts must wear price tags pinned to their shirts and may have to service five to ten clients per night. The head of the U.S. State Department's office for international women’s issues estimates that traffickers bring 50,000 women and children into the United States illegally each year. The lessons Listening to Rahab teaches can help us to better understand the situation here at home as well as overseas. A helpful appendix assessing incidents of child prostitution around the globe bring the information even more clearly into focus.

The Sex Sector

The Sex Sector
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Publisher : International Labour Organization
Total Pages : 250
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9221095223
ISBN-13 : 9789221095224
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sex Sector by : Lin Lean Lim

This book includes case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, showing prostitution's well organized and highly diversified economic bases, and explaining why it is difficult for policymakers and legislators to define a clear legal stance on adult prostitution, or to implement effective social programs.

A Modern Form of Slavery

A Modern Form of Slavery
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Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 156432107X
ISBN-13 : 9781564321077
Rating : 4/5 (7X Downloads)

Synopsis A Modern Form of Slavery by : Dorothy Q. Thomas

5. The Thai government's role

Culture and Rights

Culture and Rights
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0521797357
ISBN-13 : 9780521797351
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Culture and Rights by : Jane K. Cowan

Part I: Setting universal rights