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Author: Muico, Norma Kang

Title: An Absence of Choice: The Sexual Exploitation of North Korean Women in China

Summary: The sexual exploitation of North Korean women in China is a complex issue. It encompasses a wide range of situations and levels of complicity on the part of the woman. In cases of trafficking, women can be forced into marriage or the sex industry. The methods by which traffickers recruit women are deception, coercion and abduction. Although many women try to escape from their exploitative situation, others do not. Testimonies from trafficked women indicate that many remain because they feel helpless and powerless to change their situation. In the case of forced marriages, some women choose to stay because of the birth of a child and/or they have developed an emotional attachment to their husband. Several women trafficked into forced marriage and the sex industry have expressed the view that despite everything, their current situation is better than risking repatriation or starvation. Finally, not all North Korean spouses of Chinese men have been trafficked. In fact, many North Korean women allow a third party to sell them as brides to Chinese men or agree to an arranged marriage. Marriages involving undocumented North Korean women, however, are not legally binding and if the women are caught by the Chinese authorities, they - like any other irregular North Korean migrant - face deportation.

Details: London: Anti-Slavery International, 2005. 24p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 18, 2012 at: http://www.antislavery.org/includes/documents/cm_docs/2009/f/full_korea_report_2005.pdf

Year: 2005

Country: China

URL: http://www.antislavery.org/includes/documents/cm_docs/2009/f/full_korea_report_2005.pdf

Shelf Number: 125017

Keywords:
Forced Marriages
Human Trafficking
Prostitution
Sexual Exploitation (China)