As the literature reviews demonstrates the gap in research
regarding child sex tourism in the Cartagena and as there are no scholarly articles
written in English or Spanish. It thus, becomes crucial to undergo scholarly
research in the area to determine the factors causing the encouragement of
children to the market. The research will be qualitative in nature, requiring
the researcher to travel to the city and use snowball sampling to gather a
sample of 50 children. Using Fundacion Renacer, a non-governmental organization
that works to provide services to children who are or who were involved in
sexual exploitation, as the main source for gathering data around the city. The
research would be a stepping-stone to encouraging further research in the area
and hopes to shed light on the government to take action to the increasing
sexual exploitation of minors in this soon to become "Thailand of the Americas" (Castaneda, 2009).
Andrea Valencia is a student at New York University.
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December 3, 2012
K. Billy, NYU, Global Affairs Master's Program, (6)
I am undertaking a similar project as I work with a local organization that aids victims of sex-trafficking but I aim to look at a couple states on the Tier lists of the Trafficking in Persons Report and gage what differentiates them in terms of enforcement mechanisms (nationally and internationally) i understand that you are looking to policy and question what else can be implemented to ward off these violations but I argue that policy is nothing without enforcement so as you stated in your paper that current policy from the international to the national level has done little to combat this, then why not look at mechanisms of enforcement as the next logical step of command.
Overall, this is a very relevant topic and I wish you well in your study.