The Unfinished Story: An exploration of the anti-sex trafficking movement in South Korea
with Jinkyeong Cho, presented by the CWSE and WHRI, with support from Toronto ALPHA and the NABI Women's Network
Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 7—9pm, room 2-214, OISE
In South Korea, a movement has gained momentum that addresses prostitution as a system based on violence and exploitation. During Japanese colonization and years of war and dictatorship, women’s bodies were used as tools of economic growth and national security, and prostitution became a booming industry that is inextricably linked to sex trafficking. Women’s bodies are treated as consumer products that flow across borders, and women’s organizations in South Korea have come together to fight the sex trafficking industry, and in the process have condemned all forms of sexual exploitation.
This seminar addresses the work of these organizations and the theoretical underpinnings of how the sex trade is addressed in South Korea.
Jinkyeong Cho has worked in South Korea with victims of sex trade violence, and is an active voice against prostitution in South Korea. She has been involved with research on the conditions of migrant women working near US military camps in South Korea, and has helped to pass Anti-Sex Trafficking legislation. In 2003 she established the Dasi Hamkke Centre to support victims of sex trade violence. She is currently in Toronto for several weeks participating in the Women’s Human Rights Education Institute (www.learnwhr.org) held at CWSE.
This talk will be presented in Korean and live translated into English by Judy Cho, Director of Toronto ALPHA and Coordinator of the NABI Women’s Network.
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cwse/UserFiles/File/CWSE-JinkyeongCho.pdf
The Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE) and the Women’s Human Rights Education Institutes (WHRI) presents
The Unfinished Story:
An exploration of the anti-sex trafficking movement in South Korea
with Jinkyeong Cho
In South Korea, a movement has gained momentum that addresses prostitution as a system based on violence and exploitation. During Japanese colonization and years of war and dictatorship, women’s bodies were used as tools of economic growth and national security, and prostitution became a booming industry that is inextricably linked to sex trafficking. Women’s bodies are treated as consumer products that flow across borders, and women’s organizations in South Korea have come together to fight the sex trafficking industry, and in the process have condemned all forms of sexual exploitation.
This seminar addresses the work of these organizations and the theoretical underpinnings of how the sex trade is addressed in South Korea.
Jinkyeong Cho has worked in South Korea with victims of sex trade violence, and is an active voice against prostitution in South Korea. She has been involved with research on the conditions of migrant women working near US military camps in South Korea, and has helped to pass Anti-Sex Trafficking legislation. In 2003 she established the Dasi Hamkke Centre to support victims of sex trade violence. She is currently in Toronto for several weeks participating in the Women’s Human Rights Education Institute (www.learnwhr.org) held at CWSE.
This talk will be presented in Korean and live translated into English by Judy Cho, Director of Toronto ALPHA and Coordinator of the NABI Women’s Network.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
7.9pm
Centre for Women’s Studies in Education
(CWSE), Room 2-214
252 Bloor St. West, Toronto, St. George Subway
cwse@utoronto.ca for information
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