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Addressing the demand of sex tourism: Lessons learnt in Southeast Asia
Glenn Miles
Addressing the demand of sex tourism: Lessons learnt in Southeast Asia
Swansea University Author: Glenn Miles
Abstract
Research findings will be presented of expatriate and local male sex buyers of young women and men in Cambodia. It shows some of the cultural differences and attitudes to those being prostituted between locals and expatriates. This will open up discussion on how different non government organisation...
| Published in: | Addressing the demand of sex tourism: Lessons learnt in Southeast Asia |
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Montego Bay, Jamaica
ISPCAN 2018 Child Protection Realities within a Changing Caribbean & World
2018
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https://www.ispcan.org/caribbean2018/ispcan-caribbean2018-program/ |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa46008 |
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Research findings will be presented of expatriate and local male sex buyers of young women and men in Cambodia. It shows some of the cultural differences and attitudes to those being prostituted between locals and expatriates. This will open up discussion on how different non government organisations (NGOs) including faith based organisations (FBOs) in Asia have sought to address sex tourism through using media messages in posters, bill boards, leaflets, postcards and tourist maps and how this has been countered by sex tourists writing in sex tourist books and anonymous articles in tourist magazines. We will discuss how we can educate children to protect themselves from sexual abuse and pornography (www.goodtouchbadtouchflipchart.org; asianyouthagainstporn.org). We will discuss how churches in Sri Lanka were successful in advocating with the government through a media campaign. We will discuss the Swedish model and how focusing on demand is more successful than legalisation. We will discuss how tourists who use adults for sex might be challenged to report when they see children in high risk situations. We will also discuss sexual exploitation by locals including army and police and how, as a captive audience, they can be challenged when their commanders are involved and see the benefits. We will conclude by developing a plan to address demand in the Caribbean. |
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| Keywords: |
Sex Tourism. Addressing demand, Sexual Exploitation. |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |