IAFF 6138 Lecture 2: Human Trafficking Class 2 Notes
9 Sep 2016
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The complexity of defining trafficking especially across different languages. E. g. the word trafficking in chinese means kidnapped and tied up (very limited concept) Your legality and status in the country does not mean that you are not being trafficked. They could be respected in the community, and women can be traffickers just as well as men. Cia got their # of trafficking victims looking at news articles (very flawed) Prevalence study (based on peoples" experience e. g. have you ever been trafficked) -> very resource-heavy and need to be careful where you do the study and whom you target. The public needs to be encouraged to look at the people behind the products and services that we use. Poverty is not the singular explanation for trafficking. Need some additional factor of vulnerability (e. g. lack of jobs, lack of education, political instability, illness in the family, disability, etc. ) Lenses through which we can analyze trafficking: gender.
