Transnational Advocacy Networks, Female Labor Migration and Trafficking in East and Southeast Asia

A Gendered Analysis of Opportunities and Obstacles

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11147656
AutoresN Piper (0000-0003-3993-8699, Australian National University, autor de correspondencia), Anders Uhlin (0000-0002-3428-9573, Södertörn University)
Año2002
Volumen11
Número2
Páginas171-195
Fecha de publicación2002-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAsian and Pacific migration journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0117-1968 • E-ISSN: 2057-049X
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/011719680201100201
OpenAlexW1990040969
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas29

The aim of this article is to advance political economy and politics into migration studies by analyzing the role of transnational advocacy networks working on issues of trafficking and labor migration in East and Southeast Asia. Drawing on some empirical research, but mainly offering conceptual ideas, we demonstrate the importance of gender not only in trafficking and labor migration but also in transnational advocacy. First, we contextualize trafficking and labor migration within a gendered international political economy, focusing on existing power relations between genders, between classes and between states. Second, we examine the role of transnational advocacy networks in this context. In particular, we argue that a broader understanding of political opportunities and obstacles is needed. Emphasizing the transnational context and the importance of gender, we outline different types of opportunities and obstacles to advocacy in this particular area

China · Context (archaeology · Criminology · East Asia · Geography · Human trafficking · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Sex work and related issues · Socioeconomic Development in Asia