Visiting Sexual Exploitation: How Should Indonesia Strengthen Its Policies to Curb Sex Work in Response to Its Extramarital Sex Criminalization

Visiting Sexual Exploitation: How Should Indonesia Strengthen Its Policies to Curb Sex Work in Response to Its Extramarital Sex Criminalization
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Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : 9789815104714
ISBN-13 : 9815104713
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Visiting Sexual Exploitation: How Should Indonesia Strengthen Its Policies to Curb Sex Work in Response to Its Extramarital Sex Criminalization by : Jason Hung

Similar to neighbouring Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia is, simultaneously, infamous for its prevailing sex tourism economy, sex industry and sex trafficking activities. On 6 December 2022, Indonesia's parliament passed the criminal code to criminalize extramarital sex. The anti-extramarital sex legalization was established to help reinforce Indonesia’s, following Islamic Law, stance of disallowing sexual behaviours beyond marital relationships. Those who engage in extramarital sex, per the criminal code, are sentenced to up to a year in prison. This book responds to Indonesia’s latest legislation that passed the criminal code of criminalizing any act of extramarital sex. The formation of the arguments made in this book is based on the premise that, by criminalizing extramarital sex, the Indonesian government aims to, in part, crack down on the local prostitution industry to minimize any act of, child or not, sexual exploitation, prostitution and sex trafficking. The book presents how cracking down on the local or regional (i.e., Southeast Asian) prostitution industry cannot be accomplished by simply taking legislative actions. The book examines and analyses how sex work is socio-economically and institutionally constructed. This book presents the underlying unequal power of relations in Indonesian society that facilitates sexual exploitation, especially against disadvantaged children and women. The highlights of this book are the policymaking discourse on how local Indonesian policymakers should respond to such an unequal power of relations and the prevalence of sex work. The book, moreover, visits the anti-extramarital sex legislation in order to explain how the Indonesian government should endeavour to crack down on its domestic sex industry in order to uphold the values of human rights and lower the prevalence of the practice of commercial sex.

The Tourism we do not talk about. A study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Tourism, with a focus on Argentina and Brazil

The Tourism we do not talk about. A study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Tourism, with a focus on Argentina and Brazil
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Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing
Total Pages : 118
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ISBN-10 : 9783960677062
ISBN-13 : 3960677065
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis The Tourism we do not talk about. A study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Tourism, with a focus on Argentina and Brazil by : Alana Hartmann Matschulat

Countries facing substantial socioeconomic problems where tourism acts as an engine for development often become vulnerable to the phenomenon known as „sex tourism”. South America is a region that shows a high incidence of commercial activities of this kind, which also hides many forms of exploitation, sex trade of children being one of the most serious. What leaves room for its occurrence often are the gaps present in the legislations, along with the obsolete applicability of such laws, or even our indifference as actors capable of provoking social change. This book contains a study that seeks to identify the origins of the occurrence and the legal apparatus available to deal with the incidence of commercial sexual exploitation of children in the region, focusing on Brazil – as a pioneer – and Argentina – a recent country dealing with such an issue. Through an analysis of the evolution of the legal framework in both countries and the international mechanisms the book is also an invitation to the reader to reflect on this unmentioned side of tourism.

Down With Stigma, Up with Liberation

Down With Stigma, Up with Liberation
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1773698265
ISBN-13 : 9781773698267
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Down With Stigma, Up with Liberation by : Madeline Langier

In Canada, sex workers continue to experience stigma and criminalization despite changes to the policy. In many regions across the globe, the consensual sale of sex is criminal, thereby limiting fundamental human rights and dictating persons' right to bodily autonomy. While consent is the primary element of the rights of sex workers, a problem arises when the industry becomes exploitative. Exploitation in the sex industry is the course leading to sex trafficking and rape for profit. Crime and harm flourishes in the dark hidden areas of the world, which is why an ongoing conversation about the differences between consensual sex work and sex trafficking is essential. In order to reduce stigma, we must continue to have difficult conversations about uncomfortable topics in the hopes that one day they no longer seem uncomfortable. Millions of people particulate in the sale of sexual services, and the clear distinction between consensual and coerced forms can allow for the decriminalization of sex work with attention to the needs of victims. The potential for harm is enough to drive legislation, and there is hope for a shift to harm reduction and empowerment. Victims of sexual exploitation and abuse will not wait for politics to catch up.

Indonesia in ASEAN

Indonesia in ASEAN
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Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Total Pages : 125
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ISBN-10 : 9789814519205
ISBN-13 : 9814519200
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Indonesia in ASEAN by : Donald Weatherbee

The argument here is that, although Indonesia would appear to be the natural leader in Southeast Asia, it has been singularly unsuccessful in putting its stamp on ASEAN. If anything, ASEAN has been put on Indonesia’s bebas dan aktif (independent and active) foreign policy stamp through Indonesia’s deference to self-constructed obligations to ASEAN solidarity and consensus. ASEAN’s political incoherence on regional security matters suggests that, for Indonesia, strategic independence from the immobilism of ASEAN decision making would put bebas dan aktif back into play in pursuit of Indonesian national security interests.

Different Voices

Different Voices
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Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Total Pages : 335
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ISBN-10 : 9789812309112
ISBN-13 : 981230911X
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Different Voices by : Rosaly Puthucheary

Focuses on the challenges that face a novelist in the literary representation of a multilingual environment. This book asserts that the methods of language appropriation have a direct connection to how the writer conveys the multilingual nature of the Singapore-Malayan society through the speaking person, developing the central theme of the novel.

Protecting Children from Exploitation and Trafficking

Protecting Children from Exploitation and Trafficking
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Publisher : Save the Children Federation, Incorporated
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 0615311415
ISBN-13 : 9780615311418
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Protecting Children from Exploitation and Trafficking by : Arvind Singhal

Some girls in conflict-ridden Northern Uganda resort to transactional sex to have a mat to sleep on at night. And with the prospect of earning more money in a day than their parents might make in a month, many girls in East Java, Indonesia fall into work in the sex industry. Children face sexual exploitation worldwide, especially when they have little support to avoid them, have few skills that give them options, and little sense of their own value and possible alternative futures. The Positive Deviance approach to social change finds solutions to common problems in the behaviors of positive outliers-those who defy the worst odds in the face of seemingly intractable problems and present social proof that local and actionable solutions to those problems are equally available to their peers. This monograph documents two child protection projects implemented by Save the Children using the Positive Deviance approach.

Sexual Health, Human Rights and the Law

Sexual Health, Human Rights and the Law
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Total Pages : 72
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ISBN-10 : 9241564989
ISBN-13 : 9789241564984
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Sexual Health, Human Rights and the Law by : World Health Organization

This report demonstrates the relationship between sexual health, human rights and the law. Drawing from a review of public health evidence and extensive research into human rights law at international, regional and national levels, the report shows how states in different parts of the world can and do support sexual health through legal and other mechanisms that are consistent with human rights standards and their own human rights obligations.

"Scared in Public and Now No Privacy"

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Total Pages : 70
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ISBN-10 : 1623136210
ISBN-13 : 9781623136215
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis "Scared in Public and Now No Privacy" by : Andreas Harsono

"This report documents how hateful rhetoric has translated into unlawful action by Indonesian authorities--sometimes in collaboration with militant Islamist groups--against people presumed to be LGBT. Based on in-depth interviews with victims and witnesses, health workers, and activists, this report updates a Human Rights Watch August 2016 report that documented the sharp rise in anti-LGBT attacks and rhetoric in Indonesia that began that year. It examines major incidents between November 2016 and June 2018, and the far-reaching impact of this anti-LGBT "moral panic" on the lives of sexual and gender minorities and the serious consequences for public health in the country."--Publisher website, viewed July 12, 2018.

The Global HIV Epidemics among Sex Workers

The Global HIV Epidemics among Sex Workers
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 9780821397756
ISBN-13 : 0821397753
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis The Global HIV Epidemics among Sex Workers by : Deanna Kerrigan

A global economic analysis of HIV infection amongst sex workers, finding that evidence based and rights affirming interventions are not implemented to the level that their efficacy warrants, and that doing so at scale would be cost effective and deliver significant returns on investment.

World Report 2019

World Report 2019
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Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Total Pages : 847
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ISBN-10 : 9781609808853
ISBN-13 : 1609808851
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis World Report 2019 by : Human Rights Watch

The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.