{"id":2038,"date":"2015-08-03T21:52:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T21:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2019-03-28T02:49:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T02:49:46","slug":"state-department-trafficking-report-blames-chinas-previous-one-child-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/state-department-trafficking-report-blames-chinas-previous-one-child-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department Trafficking Report Blames China’s “Previous” One Child Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, the United States Department of State issued its annual Trafficking in Persons (\u201cTIP\u201d) report, ranking China on the Tier 2 Watch List because it is a \u201csource, destination and transit country\u201d for trafficked persons, and because the Chinese government, \u201cdoes not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking . . .\u201d\u00a0 On one hand,\u00a0 the TIP report heavily implicates China\u2019s One Child Policy in connection with China\u2019s rampant sexual slavery problem:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chinese government\u2019s birth limitation policy and a cultural preference for sons create a skewed sex ratio of 117 boys to 100 girls in China, which may serve to increase the demand for prostitution and for foreign women as brides for Chinese men \u2013 both of which may be procured by forced or coercion.\u00a0 Women and girls are recruited through marriage brokers and transported to China, where some are subjected to forced prostitution or forced labor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the TIP Report mistakenly describes the One Child Policy as a thing of the past.\u00a0 Referencing a 2014 modification of the Policy, under which the Chinese government allowed couples with one parent who is an only child to have a second child, the Report states:<\/span><\/p>\n

Academics noted the gender imbalance, due to the previous one child policy, could contribute to crimes of human trafficking in China.\u00a0 The government\u2019s modification of the birth limitation policy may affect future demands for prostitution and for foreign women as brides for Chinese men.<\/span><\/p>\n

Long a vocal critic of China\u2019s One Child Policy, Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers, stated:\u00a0 \u201cThere is nothing \u2018previous\u2019 about the One Child Policy, which is a present, terrifying reality to the women and families of China.\u00a0 The fact that the Chinese government tweaked the One Child Policy in 2014 merely allows a relatively small number of additional families to have a second child.\u00a0 This will not end forced abortion or gendercide in China.\u00a0 The selective abortion and abandonment of baby girls is most prevalent in the countryside, where couples already can have a second child if the first child is a girl.
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\u201cFurther, the Report\u2019s statement that this minor modification \u2018may affect future demands for prostitution and for foreign women as brides for Chinese men\u2019 is misleading.\u00a0 Even if the most recent modification were significantly to improve gender ratios at birth \u2013 which it will not — the impact on sexual slavery would not be felt for decades to come.\u00a0 What about all the women and girls who are being trafficked now?\u00a0 The TIP Report does not cite any effective new initiatives by the CCP to help current victims of sexual slavery.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The Report describes the far reach of sex trafficking in China:\u00a0 \u201cWomen and children from neighboring Asian countries, including Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Mongolia, and the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as well as from Africa and the Americas, are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking in China.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Report also recommends that the Chinese government \u201cinvestigate, prosecute, and impose prison sentences on government officials who facilitate or are complicit in trafficking.\u201d\u00a0 Littlejohn added:\u00a0 \u201cWhy does the Chinese government turn a blind eye to officials who are complicit with human trafficking and sexual slavery?\u00a0 Do they believe that sexual slavery is necessary because of the extreme gender imbalance they have created through the One Child Policy?\u00a0 This is an abandonment of women who are trafficked as sex slaves in China.”<\/span>
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The Report also raises concerns about the fact that \u201cChinese authorities continued to forcibly repatriate North Korean refugees by treating them as illegal economic migrants \u2013 despite reports that many North Korean female refugees in China were trafficking victims . . . [these repatriated refugees] may face severe punishment, even death.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart breaks for the young women and girls who escape the violent brutality of North Korea by slipping across the Chinese border, only to find themselves snapped up in the sex slave trade.\u201d Littlejohn continued.\u00a0 \u201cThese women and girls are utterly helpless.\u00a0 They can be beaten, raped and sold as prostitutes or forced brides, but there is nothing they can do about it.\u00a0 If they are able to escape from their captors and report their mistreatment to the Chinese authorities, they may be repatriated to North Korea, where they may be accused of treason, sent to hell-hole forced labor camps, and possibly executed. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChina was listed as a Tier 3 nation in 2013 \u2013 a status it shared with Iran, Sudan and North Korea.\u00a0 The Chinese government has not significantly improved its record since that time.\u00a0 China should return to Tier 3 status immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWomen\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers\u2019 \u2018Save a Girl\u2019 campaign has undercover fieldworkers on the ground in China, saving girls from gendercide empowering women to keep their daughters.\u00a0 This is the most effective way to combat son preference and restore gender ratios in China.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about WRWF\u2019s \u201cSave a Girl\u201d campaign: <\/span>http:\/\/womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/index.php?nav=end-gendercide-and-forced-abortion<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Read the State Department\u2019s Trafficking in Persons Report 2015: <\/span>http:\/\/www.state.gov\/j\/tip\/rls\/tiprpt\/2015\/index.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, the United States Department of State issued its annual Trafficking in Persons (\u201cTIP\u201d) report, ranking China on the Tier 2 Watch List because it is a \u201csource, destination and transit country\u201d for trafficked persons, and because the Chinese … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[49,15,18,8,34,33,19,148,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinas-one-child-policy","category-gendercide","category-human-trafficking","category-one-child-policy","category-pro-choice","category-pro-life","category-sexual-slavery","category-trafficking-in-persons-report","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2816,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions\/2816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}