Two Advocacy Paradigms in Addressing Female Sex Trade Human Trafficking in Japan

AbstractThe purpose of this research is to identify and examine two advocacy paradigms in Japan to address Female Sex Trade Human Trafficking (FSTHT) through Japanese nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Japan offers a context within which to better understand both global and national human trafficking policy and how the voluntary sector within that country has come to address this serious social issue in the face of limited governmental action. The authors consider those two advocacy paradigms in Japan to address human trafficking involving what they call the classic paradigm and the new paradigm, and they shed light on how the voluntary sector has come to initiate action when national policy is weak or ambivalent. Through key informant interviews and analysis of documents, the authors explore, categorize, and describe how the two paradigms involving action to address FSTHT have formed and then they illuminate how those paradigms influence advocacy strategies and activities among Japanese NGOs.
Source: Global Social Welfare - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research