Tags: Amartya Sen, humantrafficking, London, People, Routledge, Taliban, Women, Women's Rights
In order to counter human trafficking, anti-trafficking initiatives must hone in on an Amartya Sen type of perspective that taps into the perception that people are messy and have a vast range of freedoms and values. Both Willis (2005) and Hirschkind and Mahmood (2002) mention the importance of recognizing male influence and issues in a society when studying and advocating for women’s rights and empowerment. An initiative that used unorthodox means to combat sex trafficking through male influence and freedoms is Operation Pentameter. Operation Pentameter was a successful but potentially controversial initiative in the UK; and it included a wide variety of collaborative partners such as law enforcement, NGOs, and clients of sex workers. Law enforcement and NGOs relied heavily on the input and feedback from clients of sex workers that were concerned about sex trafficking. When the clients came across websites, media, or physically questionable practices of sex work, they reported their findings to law enforcement and informed other clients to do the same. Through the means of several collaborative members, Operation Pentameter was able to rescue 84 trafficked women and arrest 232 individuals (UNGIFT, 2008).
Hirschkind, C. & Mahmood, S. (2002). Feminism, the Taliban and politics of counterinsurgency. In Chari, S. & Corbridge, S. (Eds.), The Development Reader. London: Routledge.
UNGIFT (2008). 017 Workshop: Technology and human trafficking. Paper presented at the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking, Vienna, Austria. Retrieved from http://www.ungift.org/ungift/en/vf/index.html
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