Resources for Teachers - Essay Questions: Human Trafficking, including modern day
slavery, contemporary slavery, debt bondage, serfdom, forced labor, forced
marriage, transferring of wives,
inheritance of wives, and
transfer of a child for purposes of exploitation. Also forced prostitution, child prostitution,
sale of children, and trafficking in children.
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ESSAY QUESTIONS
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1.
When the Trafficking Victims Protection Act was
passed in 2000, it had wide bipartisan support in Congress, with the working
definition of trafficking broadly understood as the transport of persons for
the purpose of forced labor in a wide variety of sectors, most notably
agriculture, domestic servitude, manufacturing and sex work. In the ensuing years, the Bush
administration focused primarily on the last of these, and the definition of
trafficking in persons broadened to include transfer for the purpose of
prostitution even when the element of coercion was not present. How do you perceive this focus affecting
the success of the effort to stop human trafficking and to put an end to
modern-day slavery? 2.
How does a repressive society compare to a free
society with respect to human trafficking for purposes of forced labor? 3.
Using “map-view”, find a country whose tier rating
stands out when compared to the ratings of adjacent countries. Try to explain the disparity. What is the country doing (or not doing) to
improve its current position?
[Suggestions: Venezuela, Columbia, Belize, Cuba, Morocco, Uzbekistan,
Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea, North Korea] 4.
Choose an unranked country and assign your own tier
rating by averaging the ratings of adjacent countries. Then assign a tier rating based on the
country's report. How do you account
for the difference, if any? 5.
The Western Hemisphere inherited a large part of
its culture from Europe during the Age of Exploration. How is this reflected in the tier ratings? 6.
What impact, if any, does religion have on a
country's ability to deal with human trafficking? Consider which religions are prominent in
each region and the moral implications of slavery in that religion. 7.
Can slavery be beneficial within societies where
unemployment and starvation are endemic? 8.
Can we judge the level of trafficking in a country
by counting the number of reports posted for that country on the web? What factors influence the number of
postings? 9.
The U.S.A. has not been assigned a tier
rating. Rate it now, basing your
rating on the posted country report.
How does the rating that you assigned compare with your personal impression
of the level of human trafficking in the U.S.? 10.
Italy has been assigned a tier rating of 1. Review the links to reports of Human
Trafficking in Italy and assign your own tier rating. How do you account for the difference, if
any? 11.
Venezuela has been assigned a tier rating of
3. Review the links to reports of
Human Trafficking in Venezuela and assign your own tier rating. How do you account for the difference, if
any? 12.
How would the legalization (decriminalization) of prostitution impact
sex traffickers and the sex industry in general? Specifically, how would decriminalization
affect forced prostitution, child prostitution, and the trafficking of women
and children for purposes of sexual exploitation? 13.
List three major societal factors that contribute
to the existence of modern-day slavery.
How do they contribute and how might they be mitigated? 14.
In 2005, aneki.com listed the top-10 poorest
countries in the world as follows: East Timor, Somalia, 15.
Create a new rating system based not only on
trafficking activity, but also on financial capacity to deal with
trafficking. In this rating system,
poorer countries should not be rated as stringently as wealthier
countries. Select a region and using
your new rating system, re-color its component countries. Explain the reasoning behind your rating
system. How does your rating system
change the complexion of the region’s map? |