The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is an NGO that strives to educate people about the issue of women in the sex trade. It was founded in 1988 to stop the sexual exploitation of women and girls around the world. This is a gender issue because the majority of people kidnapped or lured into sex work abroad are young females. Women are typically seen in this position because they have little power in many developing countries and are illiterate and uneducated. Families often times sells their daughters into prostitution or women are tricked into believing they are going to work elsewhere. This is a growing trend around the world and needs to be addressed. Forced prositution is a large human rights issue because it subjects women to a life of vulnerability and slavery with little chance of ever escaping that life. CATW takes donations which go back to funding programs that train “teachers, professionals, police, governmental authorities and the public about the harm of sexual exploitation and ways to resist and combat it." and "“testifies before national congresses, parliaments, law reform commissions, regional and UN committees and commissions, and holds Category II Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council” to bring justice to the victims of this form of slavery.
http://www.catwinternational.org/
Globalization can be looked at in both a positive and negative light because it harms and helps people at the same time. Typically what happens is the worker get exploited in developing countries and CEO's and high up business people get the majority of the wealth. I think in regards to Encloe's article, the author makes it very clear that globalization is caused by governments not taking responsibility. Globalizations, according to Encloe, causes exploitation of lower class workers and hinders there ability to be in a fair working environment. Women in Russia were written about as an example of gloabalization. They recieved very low wages.
I never really thought about how global this world is and where all of my clothes and everyday items come from. Now I kinda of feel bad for having things that people had to work in harsh conditions to make; however, I cannot control that situation. I think it is not the CEO's faults for workers not being paid enough and working in bad condititions because that is ultimately the countries government's responsibility to step in and protect its citizens. Take the United States for example, there is minimum wage which ensures that by law companies must pay workers at least a certain amount. Companies wouldnt go to other underdeveloped countries if they also followed and gave their workers rights.
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