scholarly journals Recognizing the trafficking in human beings victimization

Temida ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biljana Simeunovic-Patic
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Trafficking In Human Beings ◽  
Relative Prevalence

In spite of relative prevalence of trafficking in human beings issues in the expert and general public discourse in recent years, recognition of victimization by various specialists that may come across with victims still is being estimated as unsatisfactory. Stereotypes about victims of trafficking in human beings are just one factor that imperils correct and prompt recognition of victims, i.e. victims' identification, as principal prerequisite of their protection and support. Today, there are various efforts to overcome that problem - primarily through the training of professionals and creating the identification guidelines, i.e. lists of indicators of trafficking in human beings victimization; however, these resolves only one part of the problem and reveal some new challenges at the same time.

scholarly journals New challenges in the problem of combating human trafficking in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (44) ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Larysa Danylchuk ◽  
Danylo Yosyfovych ◽  
Yaroslav Kohut ◽  
Yuliia Todortseva ◽  
Petro Kozyra
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Genetic Material ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Trafficking In Human Beings ◽  
Scientific Fields

The article presents the author’s results of theoretical and empirical analyzes of challenges in combating human trafficking in Ukraine. Theoretical analysis showed that human trafficking is an interdisciplinary problem and is represented by a number of studies by scientists in various scientific fields in the domestic and foreign scientific space. It has been established that currently there is no research on new challenges in combating human trafficking in Ukraine. Empirical analysis of new challenges in combating trafficking in human beings in Ukraine was carried out through the implementation of a polygon study and interpretation of the results. The obtained data outline new challenges in the problem of combating human trafficking in Ukraine, such as: use for selfish purposes, forced donation, trade in biological/genetic material, reproductive programs/surrogacy. The results suggest that the new challenges in combating human trafficking in Ukraine are a real platform for transnational crime. It was stated that such circumstances require strengthening of international cooperation in combating transnational human trafficking, legal regulation and improving the domestic legal framework with systematic and full informing of Ukrainian people about consequences and new challenges in combating human trafficking.

Trafficking in human beings in Spain: What do the data on detected victims tell us?

2021 ◽  
pp. 147737082199733
Author(s):  
Carolina Villacampa ◽  
Mª Jesús Gómez ◽  
Clàudia Torres
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Prevention Programmes ◽  
Trafficking In Human Beings ◽  
Research Period

Although trafficking in human beings was criminalized in Spain in 2010, data on this phenomenon are scarce and incomplete, consisting only of cases formally identified by police as having a very clear bias to trafficking for sexual exploitation. In an effort to increase empirical understanding, in 2019 we undertook quantitative research by gathering information on cases detected during 2017 and 2018. A questionnaire was distributed online to 757 stakeholders who could potentially have come across victims of trafficking. The 150 responses obtained provide valuable information about the number of victims, their profile, the dynamics of trafficking and the types of exploitation they suffered. The number of victims detected during the research period ( n = 7448) is far higher than those officially identified ( n = 458), which indicates that official cases may represent only the tip of the iceberg and point to the necessity of adopting measures to improve the identification system. Findings also show differences in victims’ profiles, victimization dynamics and forms of exploitation depending on the type of trafficking that could be taken into account when designing intervention and prevention programmes in this matter.

Design and Application about System of Plant Science Popularization Based on the QR Code

2015 ◽  
Vol 738-739 ◽  
pp. 1303-1308
Author(s):  
Jing Hua Han ◽  
Ming Jia Li
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
General Public ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Plant Science ◽  
Qr Code ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Science Popularization ◽  
The World

Plant is not only closely related to human beings’ life, but also an integral part of raw materials in production. Protection of nature and plant resources is an increasingly urgent needs around the world. Cognition is a prerequisite for the protection of plant. But the way of plant science popularization is old, the knowledge of plant is too obscure to the general public. The system of plant science popularization based on the QR code spreads the knowledge of plant with illustrations interactively, to facilitate ordinary users to learn, understand and identify plant species. The article will detail all aspects of development of the system, allowing more scholars to understand the digitized plant science popularization under the new media.

(Mis)Information on Digital Platforms: Lessons from Twitter and Sina Weibo in the COVID-19 Pandemic (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Kreps
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Health ◽  
Sina Weibo ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Relative Prevalence

BACKGROUND Misinformation about COVID-19 has presented challenges to public health authorities during pandemics. Understanding the prevalence and type of misinformation across contexts offers a way to understand the discourse around COVID-19 while informing potential countermeasures. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to study COVID-19 content on two prominent microblogging platform, Twitter, based in the United States, and Sina Weibo, based in China, and compare the content and relative prevalence of misinformation to better understand public discourse of public health issues across social media and cultural contexts. METHODS A total of 3,579,575 posts were scraped from both Weibo and Twitter, focusing on content from January 30th, 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” and February 6th, 2020. A 1% random sample of tweets that contained both the English keywords “coronavirus” and “covid-19” and the equivalent Chinese characters was extracted and analyzed based on changes in the frequencies of keywords and hashtags. Misinformation on each platform was compared by manually coding and comparing posts using the World Health Organization fact-check page to adjudicate accuracy of content. RESULTS Both platforms posted about the outbreak and transmission but posts on Sina Weibo were less likely to reference controversial topics such as the World Health Organization and death and more likely to cite themes of resisting, fighting, and cheering against the coronavirus. Misinformation constituted 1.1% of Twitter content and 0.3% of Weibo content. CONCLUSIONS Quantitative and qualitative analysis of content on both platforms points to cross-platform differences in public discourse surrounding the pandemic and informs potential countermeasures for online misinformation.

Διεθνική σωματεμπορία "trafficking" και ηθικά ζητήματα

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Αντωνία Ποθουλάκη
Keyword(s):  
Human Beings ◽  
Trafficking In Human Beings

Στην παρούσα μελέτη θίγεται η παράνομη διακίνηση και εμπορία ανθρώπων με σκοπό την οικονομική και σεξουαλική τους εκμετάλλευση. Πιο συγκεκριμένα θα αναφερθούμε στις γυναίκες θύματα του trafficking, οι οποίες έχουν απαχθεί, εκμεταλλευτεί, βιαστεί, υποστεί ξυλοδαρμό, τρομοκρατηθεί, εξαπατηθεί, κρυφτεί, απομονωθεί, απειληθεί, υποστεί καταχρήσεις, εξαναγκασθεί και σε κάποιες περιπτώσεις δολοφονηθεί. Το εμπόριο λευκής σαρκός είναι μια σύγχρονη μορφή δουλείας, που περιλαμβάνει την πάσης φύσης εκμετάλλευση και εμπορευματοποίηση του ανθρώπινου γυναικείου σώματος, αποτελώντας έτσι μία από τις πιο προσοδοφόρες επιχειρήσεις στον κόσμο, μετά το εμπόριο όπλων και ναρκωτικών. Η εμπορία ανθρώπων (trafficking in human beings) είναι ένας σύγχρονος όρος που αποδίδεται σε ένα φαινόμενο που έχει αποτελέσει αναπόσπαστο μέρος του ανθρώπινου πολιτισμού, από την αρχή της ανθρώπινης ιστορίας: τη δουλεία. Η χαρτογράφηση του πεδίου της εγείρει ερωτήματα όπως: Ποιες και πόσες γυναίκες διακινούνται; Με ποιο τρόπο; Για ποιο λόγο; Ποιες γυναίκες γίνονται αντικείμενο εμπορίας και συνεχούς εκμετάλλευσης; Ποιες πανανθρώπινες αξίες αμαυρώνονται; και ποια ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα καταπατώνται; Θα εστιάσουμε στην εσωτερική πραγματικότητα της παράνομης σωματεμπορίας η οποία περιλαμβάνει: α) το τεράστιο κέρδος για τον σωματέμπορα, β) τη χρήση της εκμεταλλευόμενης γυναίκας ως ένα αντικείμενο συνεχούς κατανάλωσης, γ) τη δημιουργία ενός πλέγματος σχέσεων, που χαρακτηρίζεται από συστηματική και οργανωμένη βαρβαρότητα και εκμετάλλευση, καθώς το εμπόριο λευκής σαρκός και κατ’ επέκταση η κακοποίηση των θυμάτων δεν αποτελεί στιγμιαία πράξη βίας, αλλά περιλαμβάνει εγκλήματα όπως είναι τα βασανιστήρια, ο βιασμός, η απαγωγή και η εκούσια καταστροφή της ανθρώπινης νόησης. Παράλληλα προσεγγίζεται η έννοια και οι διαστάσεις του φαινομένου του εμπορίου παιδιών κυρίως σε παγκόσμια εμβέλεια αλλά και η οικονομική σεξουαλική εκμετάλλευσή τους.Αφού κάνουμε σαφές το θέμα μας, θα προβάλουμε τέσσερις πρόσφατες μαρτυρίες θυμάτων και θα εστιάσουμε στο νομοτυπικό και θεσμικό πλαίσιο τόσο σε διεθνές όσο και σε ευρωπαϊκό και εθνικό επίπεδο. Θα κλείσουμε με το «Ηθικό» κομμάτι της μελέτης και τα αποτελέσματα της εμπειρικής μας έρευνας.

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