Anna Beard
Soc 202-01
Sills
2:21 P.M.
This article discusses how traffickers trick women in North Korea into sex/bridal trafficking in China. Traffickers trick them by offering women an opportunity for a “better life” in China. After being trafficked into China, these women are “appraised” based on their looks, marital status and age. Like the bridal industry I wrote about in an older post about India, women endure extreme exploitation and the possibility of bridal trafficking. According to this article; North Korean women in their 40s are sold for 3,000 yuan [U.S.$ 457], those in their 30s for 5,000 yuan [U.S.$ 761], and those in their 20s for about 7,000 yuan [U.S.$1,066]. It can be difficult to rescue these women because they are often kept in rural areas throughout China. One of the women in this article gives her account of how she was drugged by a woman on a train. Another woman was held captive in a home where her father, brother in law and her husband sexually abused her.
I feel this article demonstrates why it is extremely important to inform people about not only what human trafficking is, but their rights. I strongly believe that women specifically, should become conscious of their human potential. If the North Korean women fully understood their rights, they may have felt capable of finding a job or held themselves on a higher pedestal. If these women were aware of the tactics traffickers use, they probably would have also not fallen for their lies or tricks and more alert in their environments, such as the train.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/trafficking-03042011151800.html
Soc 202-01
Sills
2:21 P.M.
This article discusses how traffickers trick women in North Korea into sex/bridal trafficking in China. Traffickers trick them by offering women an opportunity for a “better life” in China. After being trafficked into China, these women are “appraised” based on their looks, marital status and age. Like the bridal industry I wrote about in an older post about India, women endure extreme exploitation and the possibility of bridal trafficking. According to this article; North Korean women in their 40s are sold for 3,000 yuan [U.S.$ 457], those in their 30s for 5,000 yuan [U.S.$ 761], and those in their 20s for about 7,000 yuan [U.S.$1,066]. It can be difficult to rescue these women because they are often kept in rural areas throughout China. One of the women in this article gives her account of how she was drugged by a woman on a train. Another woman was held captive in a home where her father, brother in law and her husband sexually abused her.
I feel this article demonstrates why it is extremely important to inform people about not only what human trafficking is, but their rights. I strongly believe that women specifically, should become conscious of their human potential. If the North Korean women fully understood their rights, they may have felt capable of finding a job or held themselves on a higher pedestal. If these women were aware of the tactics traffickers use, they probably would have also not fallen for their lies or tricks and more alert in their environments, such as the train.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/trafficking-03042011151800.html
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