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Anti-trafficking program

The Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada Univeristy ask clinical rotation students to make a program to solve some problem in our society. My project is about human-trafficking issues, and I develop a program that fits my city.

Violence against women worldwide has become a growing concern over the past decade. It is only recently that trafficking of girls and women was placed on the international agenda, particularly because of its connections with human rights violations and the fact that the sex industry contributes to the spread of HIV (Bennett, 1999; Huda, 2006). However, the trafficking of girls and women for the purposes of sex work has been in practice for decades. Women are trafficked into Israel, the United States, and Canada to be employed as dancers in strip clubs (Stewart & Gajic-Veljanoski, 2005); children are sold into sexual slavery in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines (Sacks, 1996); and Nepali girls and women are taken from their villages into the red-light districts of major Indian cities, where they are forced into prostitution to pay off the debt accumulated for their purchase and transportation (Gunnell, 2004; Human Rights Watch, 1995). In some instances, women and girls are sold by their own families because of the wages that can be earned and sent back to their impoverished villages (Datta, 2005).

The United Nations estimates that between 700,000 and 2 million women are trafficked across borders worldwide to work in the sex industry each year (United Nations, 2000). After drug and arms trafficking, human trafficking is the third biggest illegal industry in the world (Gunnell, 2004), producing up to US$9.5 billion in profits annually (U.S. Department of State, 2005). The sex trafficking problem is most acute in Asia, Union (Watts & Zimmerman, 2002). Source countries in this region include which is currently estimated to contribute some 250,000 cases a year, compared
with 175,000 from Central and Eastern Europe and 100,000 from the former Soviet U.S. Department of State, 2007). Some countries, such as India, serve as both source Bangladesh, Vietnam, Myanmar (Burma), and Nepal. Destination countries include India and Thailand (Farr, 2005) and, more recently, Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (Datta, 2005; Huda, 2006; recession, and the occurrence of political insurgencies, such as those in countries and destinations for trafficking. Asia is seen as the most susceptible region for trafficking because of its large population, increasing urbanization, renewed poverty in the wake of currency devaluations and Nepal, Pakistan, and Myanmar (Bennett, 1999; Huda, 2006; Human Rights Watch, 1995).

Journal:

The health of trafficked women The Health of Trafficked Women: A Survey of Women Entering Posttrafficking Services in Europe Sex trafficking in Nepal Sex Trafficking in Nepal: A Review of Intervention and Prevention Programs The Swedish law that prohibits the purchase of sexual services The Swedish Law That Prohibits the Purchase of Sexual Services NGO responses to trafficking in women NGO Responses to Trafficking in Women Aftercare services for international sex trafficking survivors Aftercare Services for International Sex Trafficking Survivors: Informing U.S. Service and Program Development in an Emerging Practice Area