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10 Brown J. World Aff. 105 (2003-2004)
Health Consequences of Trafficking of Women and Girls in Southeast Asia

handle is hein.journals/brownjwa10 and id is 107 raw text is: Health Consequences of Trafficking of Women and Girls in Southeast Asia CHRIS BEYRER AND JULIE STACHOWIAK Epidemiologists Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health THROUGHOUT ASIA, THE TRAFFICKING OF women and girls for the sex industry has gen- erated a complex and politically sensitive range of health threats and prevention chal- lenges for the women involved, local and national health authorities, and the interna- tional community.' The crime of sexual trafficking and slavery is widespread. Source countries from which significant numbers of women were trafficked in 2002 include Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Russia, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Laos, China, and the Philip- pines. Destination countries for these women include Thailand, China, Cambodia, India, Russia, Sweden, the United States, and the EU. Countries in which trafficking of women occurs within state borders for the domestic sex industry include China, 105 Russia, India, Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma. All of the countries listed above (save the U.S.) are signatories to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which explicitly bars both trafficking and child sex work. Yet, in 2003, the trafficking indus- try and its harmful effects appear, if anything, to be increasing. This industry, a major source of HIV and other sexually transmitted disease (STD) potential, is a problem that will require regional and international cooperation to be mitigated or resolved. While this analysis focuses on the health impacts in the Southeast Asian women trafficking industry, several broad categories of health consequences are likely appli- cable to trafficking of women and girls globally. Most obvious are the direct health consequences of commercial sex, including increased risk of exposure to STDs, such as HIV infection and sexual trauma. The long-term complications of these threats include infertility, ectopic preg- nancy, and malignancies associated with STDs (e.g. cervical cancer and AIDS). CHius BEYRER is the director of the Johns Hopkins Fogarty AIDS and TB International Training and Research Program. He is also a Senior Scientific Liaison with the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. JULIE STACHOWIAK is a Project Coordinator at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Copyright © 2003 by the Brown Journal of WordAffairs SUMMER / FALL 2003 • VOLUME X, ISSUE 1

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