Economic globalisation and trafficking of women in the ASEAN region : a socio-legal study
In the ASEAN region, women trafficking is problematic and challenging both for the sending and the receiving countries. The feminisation of migration results in changes in women’s role in the family, society and global economies. The growing poverty due to economic crisis and the structural adjus...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Fakulti Undang - Undang
2009
|
| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1698/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1698/ |
| Summary: | In the ASEAN region, women trafficking is problematic and challenging both for the
sending and the receiving countries. The feminisation of migration results in changes in
women’s role in the family, society and global economies. The growing poverty due to
economic crisis and the structural adjustment programs and policies affect women’s ability
to feed their families, provide facilities for their children education and pay for basic
services, which force them to migrate abroad, sometimes through illegal ways. In
consequence, women suffer sexual exploitation, debt bondage, abuse and threat in the
course of generating income for their families. The economic globalization may also
account for women trafficking problems in that it leads to gender and legal issues such as
discriminations, exploitation, and domination and gender inequalities. A socio- legal
approach undertaken in this study draws data from the root causes, and underlines an
understanding of the lack of education and poverty, the pull and push factors, the
government roles, making of effective laws, and their implementation and enforcement in
order to eliminate gender inequality and discrimination. These may be regarded as human
rights and the core of the efforts towards addressing the problems of women migrant
workers |
|---|