UN DEFINITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

• The recruitment, transportation, transfer, by means of threat or use of force

TVPA 2000- Trafficking and Violence Protection Act

• US response to Human Trafficking

• Model for all other countries

• 3 main components

  1. protection

  2. prosecution

  3. prevention

Demographic Dividend- Refers to a bulge in the number of adults in a population that creates a low Dependency Ratio

World Trends

Most skilled jobs go to men

Most labor intensive jobs go to women

74% of all science and engineering jobs are for men

90% of all electrical, geological, mechanical, and naval jobs go to men

There is currently a feminization of labor migrants, particularly in with teachers/ nurses/ sweatshops

Origin for most female labor migrants: Indonesia/ Philippines/ Thailand

Destination for most famales: Hong kong/ Malaysia/ Singapore