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1 results foundAuthor: International Organization for Migration Title: Revisiting the human trafficking paradigm: the Bangladesh experience - Part I: Trafficking of Adults Summary: For the past ten years, the phrase “human trafficking” has been used to address a wide variety of crimes and human rights abuses associated with the recruitment, movement and sale of people into a range of “exploitative” or “slave-like circumstances.” The problem with the present “human trafficking paradigm” is that many of the definitions used to define this social phenomenon are often limited in their scope and do not adequately reflect the totality of the problem. Likewise, few attempts have been made to develop usable conceptual frameworks that allow for the many variables to be encompassed under a single umbrella. To illustrate this point, ask most people who are directly associated with the “human trafficking” sector what the phrase really means to them and you will get a wide variety of different definitions and descriptions. Because the concept of “human trafficking” is a social phenomena that is made up of many dimensions and many discrete steps, it is very difficult to easily encapsulate all of the variables into one agreed upon definition or framework. For example, depending on the person questioned, trafficking might be defined any number of ways -- as a legal problem; a human rights problem; a gender problem; a child labor problem; a health problem; a migration problem or a combination of one or more of these. Likewise, depending on how a given person defines the problem, his/her definitions will dictate what solutions are proposed -- legal problems require legal solutions, gender problems require gender solutions, etc. In summary, even after nearly ten years, the sector still lacks a consistent conceptual clarity among those who are working to reduce the problem. The purpose of this analytical document is to provide a brief overview of some of the inconsistencies in the existing “human trafficking” paradigm. Once outlined, the text will then begin an analysis of the present “trafficking framework,” as it relates to the Bangladesh context -- breaking the problem down into its basic components. The paper will also challenge some of the present human trafficking assumptions and concepts, along with the overall scope of the problem, to ensure that as the response to this sector grows and expands, the frameworks used to describe it are able to keep pace. For example, over the past twenty years, the HIV/AIDS sector has “reinvented” itself many times to keep pace with new information and insights into this problem that continually arise. The same process is needed in the human trafficking sector at this time. Note that this document will focus on human trafficking as it relates to adults (those over the age of 18). Another report on the issue as it relates to children (1-12 years of age) will follow. Details: Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Migration, 2004. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 23, 2012 at http://www.iom.org.bd/publications/16.pdf Year: 2004 Country: Bangladesh URL: http://www.iom.org.bd/publications/16.pdf Shelf Number: 117616 Keywords: Abductions (Bangladesh)Forced Labor (Bangladesh)Human Trafficking (Bangladesh)Slavery (Bangladesh) |