Responding to Child Sex Trafficking: Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Abstract

The rapidly expanding market in enslaved children bought and sold for sex is one of the most inhumane transnational crimes that appears to have been facilitated by globalization and its many effects, such as a growing disparity in wealth between north and south. Child sex trafficking has become one of the most highly publicized social issues of this time, and, because of its global nature, transnational advocacy networks are well placed and central to leading campaigns against it. Transnational advocacy network anti-trafficking efforts have led to significant progress in the Mekong Subregion by bringing the child trafficking issue onto the global social policy agenda, resulting in new child protection legislation and improved interagency collaboration in the region.

Oportunidades e limitações no campo do combate ao tráfico: a experiência de participação nas redes portuguesas de combate ao tráfico

“…The underlying idea behind these practices is that the (in)effectiveness of the fight against trafficking also depends on the level of collaboration and coordination of counter-trafficking efforts between various local, national and international counter-trafficking actors (Foot 2019;Foot, Sworn and Alejano-Steele 2019). Currently, structured multi-NGO coalitions and multi-sector partnerships are actively encouraged by designated funders and/or as a requirement for funding (Davy 2013a).…”