Progress
report #1
The
topic of Human Trafficking is an extensive and broad one that covers many
different regions of the world. For our group, we decided to specifically focus
on the trafficking that occurs between the North Korean and Chinese borders.
This area was chosen not only because a majority of our group members did not
have an extensive knowledge regarding what has been going on between these two
countries, but additionally, because two of our group members are from South
Korea and can provide our group as well as the rest of the class with some
insight they have from having lived near the ongoing issue. In order to keep
our topic focused on the Korea and Chinese border, questions the group will
work to answer will target the reasons why this is going on and what is being
done to help stop it. In terms of why human trafficking is taking place over
this border, our group is interested in knowing if the conflict is politically,
religiously, or economically driven; if not one of these reasons, then what
explanation is given as to why so many are being trafficked. Furthermore, we
are interested in what those that are being trafficked are being forced into
and what inhuman treatment they are being succumbed to. Lastly, we want to
focus a significant part of our presentation on the efforts that are currently
being made to help those that are currently being trafficked, and what is being
done to prevent more from being put through such inhumane treatment.
Resources:
In order to make a reputable and accurate report on the human trafficking that
is going on between North Korea and China, our group will use a myriad of
electronic and textual references. Electronic resources will include but are
not limited to news articles from papers found in the U.S. and Korea. We will
utilize the language abilities of our two Korean group members so that they can
translate the Korean articles and thus, incorporate the Korean news in our
research.
Campaign:
In order to build an effect
campaign, all our group members will be actively engaged in the research
process. We want to make sure we have a variety of sources so that our facts
provide the most in depth and accurate information. Furthermore, to ensure that
we are effectively informing the rest of the class about the severity of this
issue, we will use various means of displaying the information we have found;
examples include video clips, images, and numbers about how many and who are
being trafficked. We want to use all types of means of presenting to guarantee
that when we finish our presentation, the class leaves knowing more about what
is going on today and what can be done in the future to help. All group members
will be engaged in the presentation itself, and we will all contribute to
creating the powerpoint that we will use for our presentation. Our two Korean
members will aid in translating some of the research found, and our other group
members will be actively involved in finding ways to present the facts, such as
pictures and video clips. Our campaign will only be effective if we know that the
class members leave knowing more about human trafficking than they originally
did. We want to engage our audience in our presentation, and therefore will
hope to include a time to allow discussion prior to and after our presentation
so we can gauge how much our audience has learned. In knowing this, our group
will know if our campaign proved to be effective and informative.
Progress
report 2
After
beginning to research more and organize the presentation, each group member is
responsible for finding at least one academic and one media source that could
potentially be included our campaign. Maggie is responsible for posting the
progress reports on the forum, but every other group member is responsible for
finding useful and reputable sources. Each person should send a
bibliography and summary of their findings from their academic sources to
Maggie. In the academic sources, group members must be looking for definitions
of human trafficking and answers to the following questions: who is being
targeted in North Korea, what are the reasons for crossing the North Korean
borders, and what is the treatment of those that are being trafficked? Both Tom
and Maggie have been researching academic journals and articles to find answers
to these questions. In the near future, the group will be meeting together to
work on putting together a powerpoint presentation that will include video
clips found by Tom to help illustrate what is currently going on today on the
North Korean and Chinese border. Our bibliography will continue to grow as each
group member continues to find more information regarding what occurs on the
border.
In
the near future, after each group member has found the minimum 2 sources, we
will compile all our findings and create an appropriate media presentation in
both video and text format. It will be everyone in the group’s responsibility
to create the powerpoint, and therefore each person will be assigned a specific
number of slides. Maggie has begun to find information on what other
governments are starting to do to help those being targeted as human slaves,
and this information will be presented at the end of the campaign to illustrate
positive efforts made against the atrocities. In our group meeting, members
will all work together to think of ways in which other students can help the
efforts against human trafficking.
Bibliography:
Davis,
Kathleen. "Brides, Bruises and the Border: The Trafficking of North Korean
Women into China.." SAIS Review of International Affairs. 26.1
(2006): 131-141. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.
<http://kg6ek7cq2b.search.serialssolutions.com.ezproxy.lib.indiana.edu/?genre=article&isbn=&issn=19454716&title=SAIS
Review of International
Affairs&volume=26&issue=1&date=20061215&atitle=Brides, Bruises
and the Border: The Trafficking of North Korean Women into
China.&aulast=Davis, Kathleen&spage=131&sid=EBSCO:Social Sciences
Full Text (H.W. Wilson)&pid=>.
Kim, Young-jin. "US criticizes N. Korea's forced
labor."Korea Times 21 06 2012, National n. pag. Web. 1 Oct.
2012.
<http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/06/116_113544.html>.
Ling, Laura, perf. Vanguard Special: Captive in North
Korea. Prod. Yamaguchi Adam. Current TV, 2010. Web. 1 Oct 2012.
<http://current.com/shows/vanguard/92443219_captive-in-north-korea.htm>.
Moon,
Katherine H.S. "Beyond Demonization: A New Strategy for Human Rights in
North Korea.." Current History. 107. (2008): 263-268. Web. 1 Oct.
2012. <http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.indiana.edu/eds/detail?sid=4b33ff37-99d3-4d08-b1ec-27896165ab01@sessionmgr104&vid=4&hid=1>.
Progress Report 3
Maggie's findings -
Kathleen Davis:
Davis covers many of the important questions regarding the
issue of Human Trafficking that occurs over the North Korean and Chinese
borders. These important questions include why is there crossing the border,
who is being trafficked and how many, how does the smuggling and crossing the
border process occur, what are the victims subjected to, and what is being done
to help by the international community. According to Davis, the increase in the
border crossing is a direct result of the lagging economy in North Korea. The
stagnant economy post Cold War has caused there to be a lack in food available,
thus leading to rationing and women being subject to a low economic status in
North Korea. Additionally, because of Chinese child-bearing laws, there is a
shortage of wives available in China, thus leading men to look to North Korea
for women they can essentially purchase for a wife. Davis reports that nearly
80-90% of women who do cross the Chinese and Korean border are trafficked. Men
typically use coercion, abduction, force, threat and money to obtain the women
who are being trafficked. There are "distributors" who often times
can "re-sell" the trafficked women, and often times, these
distributors depend on border patrol who turn a blind eye or pretend to arrest
the women found crossing the border and then traffic the captives. As a
captive, these women are subject to physical abuse in labor camps, sexual
abuse, and mental abuse but cannot escape this inhumane treatment because of
their illegal status. If they were caught, they would be subject to more labor
and sexual abuse and then deported back to their home country, where they are
often regarded as outcasts.
One of the more disturbing finds from Davis is the response
of both the Chinese and the North Korean governments; both have given a
response of denial. International pressure exists to both of the countries and
there is a continued desire for both the countries' involvement in the UN
Trafficking Protocol.
Davis, Kathleen. "Brides, Bruises and the Border: The
Trafficking of North Korean Women into China.." SAIS Review of
International Affairs. 26.1 (2006): 131-141. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.
<http://kg6ek7cq2b.search.serialssolutions.com.ezproxy.lib.indiana.edu/?genre=article&isbn=&issn=19454716&title=SAIS
Review of International
Affairs&volume=26&issue=1&date=20061215&atitle=Brides, Bruises
and the Border: The Trafficking of North Korean Women into
China.&aulast=Davis, Kathleen&spage=131&sid=EBSCO:Social Sciences
Full Text (H.W. Wilson)&pid=>.
Katharine Moon:
In Moon's scholarly article also covering human trafficking
between the Korean and Chinese border, she discusses much about human rights
currently in North Korea. There is a significant lack in protection of and
involvement in human rights efforts by the government officials of China and
North Korea and other international powers. The government officials continue
to "turn a blind-eye" to the activities going on at the borders.
According to Moon, there is a disconnect with regards to punishing those
responsible for the human trafficking because anti-trafficking efforts are hard
to impose. Both countries need to be held accountable; China needs to look to
those crossing the border into China as refugees instead of criminals, and thus
need to help them and grant them amnesty instead of deporting them.
Furthermore, China needs to be more involved in UN involvement and treaties
discussing human trafficking.
Moon, Katherine H.S. "Beyond Demonization: A New
Strategy for Human Rights in North Korea.."Current History. 107.
(2008): 263-268. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.
<http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.indiana.edu/eds/detail?sid=4b33ff37-99d3-4d08-b1ec-27896165ab01@sessionmgr104&vid=4&hid=1>.
Mark Lagon
In Lagon's scholarly article, much of the trafficking that
goes on in China is discussed. Today, in China, North Korea continues to be one
of the top sources of trafficked women. The labor and sexual abuse are
conditions that the women and girls are subjected to could be considered modern
day slavery. According to Lagon, North Korean women in China are the most
vulnerable trafficked women because of their illegal status in China and their
fear of deportation back to their home country. Lagon's article does an
excellent job of highlighting what is going on in China in terms of human
trafficking and how this connects to women trafficked from North Korea.
Lagon, Mark. "Human Trafficking In China." DISAM
Journal of International Security Assistance Management. 30.1 (2008):
40-41. Print. <http://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=afec1ee7-013a-4da6-be4b-8f22dbe80436@sessionmgr11&vid=9&hid=115>.
Ashley's findings:
Louise Shelley discusses the issue of human trafficking in
North and South Korea and how they are different. While South Korea
is considered one of the largest economies in the world, fewer women are
available for prostitution, and therefore, women are often imported from other
countries such as the Philippines, Russia, and Thailand. On the
other hand, human trafficking in North Korea is different in that the
government regulates the population. Human trafficking is important
to their economy in that it produces money for the state. Since
there is such a tight control over population, North Korean women are often
exported to serve as wives to China. Since the one-child policy
exists in China, there is a shortage of women to marry. She also
discusses the different clients that participate in this global
“business”. These clients are military personnel but also foreign
tourist from Europe, North America, the Middle East, and many other
places. Shelley explains that “different nationalities serve
different clienteles”. For example, Russian women serve both
American and Korean clientele, while Filipinos are required to work at “clubs”
that serve American servicemen because of their understanding of English.
“Human Trafficking: A Misunderstood Global Scourge”,
discusses the importance of human trafficking in the United
States. Hilary Clinton refers to the issue as “one of the world’s
largest and most pressing human rights concerns”. Clinton also
explains that human trafficking is also an American problem, arguing that, “It
doesn’t just take place in the sweatshops of impoverished Indian village or in
Thai brothels, but on US streets from San Francisco to New
York. This article could be used in our discussion of what the
United States is doing to help these countries regarding this issue and
also the fact that it is occurring in our own country.
Bibliography:
Shelley, Louise. “Human Trafficking: A Global
Perspective” Cambridge University Press, 2010
Hanes, Stephanie. “Human Trafficking: A
Misunderstood Global Scourge”. The Christian Science Monitor. Web.
9 Sept. 2012.
<http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2012/0909/Human-trafficking-a-misunderstood-global-scourge>
Tom’s findings
I'm focusing more on the media aspect of the report. For
progress report 2/3, I found a number of online videos that we can incorporate
into our presentation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iYRAkizQIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9FZ5N3ZjgA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4NZPVWotvI
http://current.com/shows/vanguard/team/laura-ling/
A couple of these are fairly lengthy, but as a group, we can
select appropriate segments to show to the class. As we will be presenting for
the entire class period, we want to be sure to captivate our audience and keep
them engaged. That being said, if we were to talk in monotone voices for over
an hour, our audience could potentially lose interest. I believe that cinematic
breaks and video clips will help to keep our audience interested as well as to
support our research and findings on human trafficking thus far.
Human Trafficking #2
I.
Human Trafficking in North Korea and Chian
a.
To begin our presentation, Maggie and Tom are
responsible for introducing the topic of human trafficking in North Korea and
China to the class. Their goal is to answer the following questions regarding
the topic.
i. Who
is being targeted?
ii. Where
are they being trafficked?
iii. What
are they being subjected to?
iv. Who
is responsible for trafficking the women and children?
v. Why
are women and children being trafficked?
vi. What
is the current involvement of the North Korean and Chinese governments?
b.
In addition to answering these important
questions that for the base of knowledge regarding human trafficking, Tom is
going to connect human trafficking to human rights. He is going to focus on
specific UN declarations and documents that state basic human rights for all
individuals and for women and children. In incorporating this in the
presentation, the class is able to understand how human trafficking is a human
rights issue and how it infringes on peoples basic human rights.
c.
After the class is more informed about what is
going on in North Korea and China, Brian and Jason are going to report on a
woman who was a human trafficking victim in China and was able to escape. They
will introduce the woman and her story, and give information regarding how she
was trafficked and how she managed to escape. In addition to presenting a first
hand example of human trafficking, Brian and Jason are going to discuss details
regarding border patrol and how those who guard the border are involved in
human trafficking. There is more information becoming available regarding the
connection between those that pay for trafficked women and those that are
responsible for border control. Brian and Jason will present the class with
their findings and the information they found connecting the border control and
the brokers.
d.
To end our presentation, Ashley will present the
class with two types of involvement: that done by large action groups and that
that can be done by the students. Today, there are numerous organizations that
focus on combating the problem of human trafficking as a global issue. Ashley
will inform the class on these organizations, such as UNICEF, and will also
discuss the United States government’s involvement in eliminating human trafficking,
specifically President Obama’s policy. Additionally,
Ashley will discuss the impact of social media and how websites like Facebook
and Twitter are contributing to the social movement campaign against human
trafficking. Finally, Ashley will give suggestions as to how students can get
involved to help fight human trafficking in North Korea and China, and all over
the world. She will include ways that will help students become more aware of
the issue of human trafficking, including her idea to put more information
about human trafficking in classroom textbooks, thus raising more awareness
about the seriousness of the issue and encouraging more involvement against it.
Multimedia
Introduction to the Declaration of Human Rights •http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTlrSYbCbHE
Video introducing the trafficking of women •http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4NZPVWotvI
Introduction to the Declaration of Human Rights •http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTlrSYbCbHE
Video introducing the trafficking of women •http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4NZPVWotvI
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Video of President Obama from his announcement
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Youtube video of the Korean bride who was able
to escape and thus, share her human trafficking story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9FZ5N3ZjgA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9FZ5N3ZjgA
Works Cited
Shelley, Louise. “Human Trafficking: A
Global Perspective” Cambridge University Press, 2010
Hanes, Stephanie. “Human
Trafficking: A Misunderstood Global Scourge”. The Christian
Science Monitor. Web. 9 Sept. 2012.
Office of the Press Secretary. "Fact
Sheet: the Obama Administration Announces Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking
at Home and Abroad". Web. 25 Sept. 2012.
"STOP THE TRAFFIK Blog
Spot." STOP THE TRAFFIK Blog Spot. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. <http://stopthetraffik.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights/>.
"University of Minnesota Human
Rights Library." University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. N.p., n.d.
Web. 21 Oct. 2012. <http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/korea2004.html>.
Davis, Kathleen. "Brides,
Bruises and the Border: The Trafficking of North Korean Women into
China.." SAIS Review of International Affairs. 26.1 (2006):
131-141. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.
<http://kg6ek7cq2b.search.serialssolutions.com.ezproxy.lib.indiana.edu/?genre=article&isbn=&issn=19454716&title=SAIS
Review of International
Affairs&volume=26&issue=1&date=20061215&atitle=Brides, Bruises
and the Border: The Trafficking of North Korean Women into
China.&aulast=Davis, Kathleen&spage=131&sid=EBSCO:Social Sciences
Full Text (H.W. Wilson)&pid=>.
Moon, Katherine H.S. "Beyond
Demonization: A New Strategy for Human Rights in North Korea.."Current
History. 107. (2008): 263-268. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.
<http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.indiana.edu/eds/detail?sid=4b33ff37-99d3-4d08-b1ec-27896165ab01@sessionmgr104&vid=4&hid=1>.
Lagon, Mark. "Human
Trafficking In China." DISAM Journal of International Security
Assistance Management. 30.1 (2008): 40-41. Print.
<http://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=afec1ee7-013a-4da6-be4b-8f22dbe80436@sessionmgr11&vid=9&hid=115>.
"North Korea: Freedom in the World in 2012." Freedom in the World: Freedom House. 20 October 2012. http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2012/north-korea
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