The traffic in women
Subtitle: human realities of the international sex trade
By: Siriporn Skrobanek, Nataya Boonpakdee, Chutima Jantateero.
Contributors: Nataya Boonpakdee.; Chutimā Čhanthathīrō.
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Prostitution -- Thailand; Sex-oriented businesses -- Thailand; Women -- Thailand -- Social conditions; Alien labor, Thai -- Foreign countries
Description: 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 rhetorical condemnation and simplistic solutions, the book shows how women themselves can be empowered to end the traffic and ends with detailed recommendations for change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-119) and index.