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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Prostitution in Thailand was first described in the West in reports by sailors visiting what was then called Siam, as early as the 16th and 17th centuries.
		Prostitution in Thailand comes in a number of forms, mainly brothels, body-massage parlors, hostess bars, and karaoke places, all of which cater mostly to local customers and Asians.
		Thailand was praised for its efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS during the late 1990s, but a study in 2005 found that the lack of public support in the previous several years had led to a resurgence of the disease.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Prostitution_in_Thailand (2894 words)

	Thailand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kingdom of Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia, bordering Laos and Cambodia to the east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to the south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to the west.
		A new Prime Minister was sworn in on 1 October 2006, and Thailand's king swore in a post-coup cabinet, chosen by new Prime Minister Gen Surayud Chulanont on 9 October 2006.
		Thailand is an active member of the regional Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thailand (3280 words)

	Prostitution in Thailand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prostitution in Thailand comes in a number of forms, mainly brothels, "body massage" parlors, hostess bars and karaoke places, all of which cater primarily to local customers and Asians.
		Thailand was praised for its efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS during the late 1990s, but a study in 2005 found that the lack of public support in the previous several years had led to a resurgence of the disease.
		Prostitution and Trafficking in Nine Countries: an Update on Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PDF format - Thailand is one of the nine countries included.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand (2956 words)

	Prostitution Canada vs Thailand
		In Thailand adult prostitution with an adult is technically illegal, theoretically punishable by up to 10 years in prison, however the practice of prostitution is almost entirely accepted, especially in brothel-type setting, which in Thai law carries a higher penalties.
		Prostitution is allowed in the privacy of one’s own home, but they are not allowed to go to any designated area, like red-light districts, or brothel houses, to procure a girl.
		Thailand is a country that has lured travelers for hundreds of years, with the promises of exotic delights.
	www.sexwork.com /whatisnew/canadavsthailand.html (1691 words)

	Thailand - Population, Poverty and Prostitution
		The population of Thailand is estimated to be 63,430,000.
		The total figure is 19 million, or 29.9% of the population, and is concentrated in provinces along the borders in the West, North, and Northeast regions.
		Other incidental figures produced by the survey indicate that 81% of respondents had visited a prostitute within 6 months prior to the survey, 97% of military conscripts (2 year compulsory service) regularly visit prostitutes and 73% of the conscripts lost their virginity to a prostitute.
	www.stickmanbangkok.com /reader/reader291.html (1453 words)

	Essay Depot - Prostitution - Thailand/Canada
		Prostitutes have been generalized in the Western world, although it is not a respectable position, many people have credited to the fact that prostitutes are often the victims.
		In Thailand adult prostitution with an adult is technically illegal, theoretically punishable by up to 10 years in prison, however the practice of prostitution is almost entirely accepted, especially in brothel-type setting, which in Thai law carries a higher penalties.
		Thailand is a country that has lured travelers for hundreds of years, with the promises of exotic delights.
	www.essaydepot.com /essayme/826/index.php (2096 words)

	A Globe of Witnesses
		Prostitution is a form of enslavement that currently involves perhaps 800,000 children under the age of sixteen, bought and sold for a profit that exceeds that of the drug trade or weapons sales or lotteries or sports gambling.
		Prostituting children, the exploitation of children, and their enslavement for financial gain are among the most despicable acts in the whole panoply of human evil.
		The social turmoil in Thailand provoked by World War II was a seedbed for the growth of prostitution in the country.
	thewitness.org /agw/pusurinkham.121901.html (1647 words)

	Prostitution and sex-tourism, children prostitution and AIDS in Thailand: data, figures, facts, backgrounds and ...
		Prostitution is carried out almost everywhere in the world from women as well as from men and is commonly known as the oldest business in the world.
		Contrary to the common opinion prostitution in Thailand is due to the informal handling of sexuality or has its roots in Buddhism, prostitution was imported by Chinese guest-workers.
		In addition the situation in Thailand in the early 90th was aggravated by the image arisen to be a paradise for paedophiles – though only due to this image those came in masses.
	www.kochangvr.com /thailandsprostitution/sextourismthailand.htm (2557 words)

	SiamWEB.ORG : Prostitution in Thailand : What's the solution?
		There is a widespread abuse of children in prostitution and child labor.The government is committed to eliminating child prostitution, and thecabinet passed a resolution in September to begin revision of the existingCriminal Code to include clients and procurers of child prostitution.
		In an attempt to solve the problem of AIDSand prostitution in Thailand, a behavioral research was conducted.
		The story of "Dawn"."The words prostitution and trafficking separate women from all women, but actually, we are all together.The same laws should apply to all of us, women who are immigrants in the garment industry, in the restaurant business or who work as dancers in as prostitutes.
	www.siamweb.org /content/News-Culture/155/index_eng.php (3089 words)

	TED Case Study: Myanamar Sex Trade
		Discrimination against women and ethnic minorities, violence against women and child prostitution, as well as trafficking in women and girls in border areas remains a serious problem.(5) Many women and children of the ethnic minority groups in border areas, and particularly in the Shan State, were forced or lured into working as prostitutes in Thailand.
		It is also true in Thailand that prostitutes who use condoms with their clients do not necessarily use them with men whom they are have personal relationships, and, hence, intimate relationships currently present a great danger in contracting STDs and AIDS (21).
		For example, in Thailand, NGOs working alone find that after they rescue girls and send them back to their country, they often come back again, especially those from Myanmar and the border areas, where the ongoing political conflict meant there was no one to take care of the children sent back across the border.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/myansex.htm (4771 words)

	General
		Thailand first addressed the problem of trafficking of women into Thailand in 1928 by passing the Trafficking in Women and Girls Act (Anti-Trafficking Act).
		Still in effect, this law prohibits prostitution and penalizes both prostitutes and those who procure them or benefit from their exploitation, but not the clients.
		But the Thai government's failure to combat forced prostitution and trafficking results primarily from its unwillingness to enforce even the most straightforward provisions, such as the prohibition against trafficking in women and girls.
	www.hrw.org /about/projects/womrep/General-125.htm (656 words)

	Travel Thailand - traveltips for Thailand
		Thanks to the efforts of organizations such as End Prostitution in Asian Tourism (ECPAT), UNICEF and enlightened governments, this scourge is now being actively addressed, with pressure being brought to bear on governments and societies around the world to eradicate it, as one would deal with a cancer.
		Thailand, unfortunately, has perhaps received the most publicity as being a major center of child prostitution.
		This is due to the fact that Thailand, with its long history of democracy, has what is possibly the developing world's greatest freedom of speech and of the press, allowing both local and foreign journalists and writers unhindered access and freedom to publish accounts of the Kingdom's social problems.
	www.travelthailand.net /traveltips.htm (1542 words)

	Article-Child Prostitution in Thailand- Listening to Rahab
		He translates a complex issue in a way that enlightens and moves readers to examine the basis for meaning in their own lives and gives dignity to voices we could not otherwise hear.The book will be of interest to those in social work, political science, sociology, law, international development, economics, cross-cultural psychology, and theology.
		106)Child prostitution in Thailand used to be driven by poverty, the political and economic disenfranchisement particularly of northern tribal groups, and the buying power of a demand for child prostitutes that peaked in 1990.
		They are 18 to 22 year-old high school and college-aged women who voluntarily engage in prostitution to support their lifestyle, their families or themselves through school, or simply to pursue their dreams.
	www.minihttpserver.net /z_book/A_child_prostitution_i-0789014955.htm (1232 words)

	Prostitution in Thailand and Southeast Asia
		There were 20,000 prostitutes in Thailand in 1957; by 1964, after the United States established seven bases in the country, that number had skyrocketed to 400,000."5 It was this boom, and the resulting slack after the war that was taken up by tourism, that introduced prostitution as a large-scale business to the region.
		While the foreign aspect of prostitution in Thailand and the Philippines may garner the most attention and money, most of the customers, patronizing the cheapest establishments, are native: "[a]ccording to reliable surveys of sexual behaviour, every day at least 450,000 Thai men visit prostitutes"47 (emphasis mine).
		Prostitution, in some sense, allows the women that are able to take advantage of it the opportunity to live the American dream, to enjoy and extend increased consumerism to their families: "[m]odernization and sophisticated advertisements have also brought new desires for consumer goods to villagers and a shift towards a cash economy."
	selenasol.com /selena/struggle/thai_pros.html (4066 words)

	Child Prostitution - Thailand
		A portion of the estimated 200,000 to 300,000 sex workers in Thailand are either underage or in involuntary servitude or debt bondage, according to a U.S. State Department report.
		And Thailand appears to have changed both its laws and its enforcement to some significant extent (numerous authenticated reports of child sex tourists being imprisoned there; no longer being billed as "Pedophile Paradise" by the freak groups, clear evidence of international cooperation against perpetrators, participation of organizations such as UNICEF with prosecution, etc.).
		Some children are coerced into prostitution and some have been sold into sexual slavery by their own families, but just as tragically there is no shortage of young girls (and boys) willing to work as prostitutes.
	www.gvnet.com /childprostitution/Thailand.htm (2430 words)

	Thailand bar girls and prostitution
		Prostitution gradually spread from these 'green lantern' districts to Chinese neighbourhoods throughout Thailand.
		It is interesting though, that a relatively small percentage of prostitutes in Thailand work in bars and massage parlours aimed at foreign trade.
		In many circles it is acceptable for Thai men, married and unmarried, to visit prostitutes and many Thai women are aware (which does not mean they approve) that their husbands and boyfriends visit them.
	www.horizonmuaythai.com /Thailand/prostitution.html (587 words)

	Thailand AIDS
		One of the major vectors of HIV infection in Thailand is prostitution.
		One of the most unfortunate features of Thailand's HIV epidemic is the large number of young girls in rural areas who, driven by economic and social circumstances, regularly turn to the commercial sex industry for employment.
		However, child prostitution are not only warranted in their own right, but also as a first step towards changing Thai societal attitudes towards prostitution in general and towards the risks of prostitution vis-a -vis transmission of the HIV virus in particular.
	www.geocities.com /twtcmu/thaiaid.html (656 words)

	Child prostitution thailand
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	www.facts-thailand.com /Thailand-National-Parks/child-prostitution-thailand.html (185 words)

	AEGiS-AP: Prostitution Big In Thailand
		CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) -- Selling her daughter into prostitution would have netted Chansom Kheunkhamsang a quick $1,000 -- enough to make her family one of substance in their poor village.
		Instead, Chansom sent her to work in a project to stop the traffic in young women from Thailand's impoverished northern villages to the garish brothels of Bangkok and elsewhere.
		First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was to lend her support to the program during a visit to northern Thailand starting Sunday, before joining President Clinton in Bangkok on Monday for the first state visit to Thailand by an American president since 1969.
	www.aegis.com /news/ap/1996/ap961111.html (806 words)

	Prostitution in Thailand and Southeast Asia
		There were 20,000 prostitutes in Thailand in 1957; by 1964, after the United States established seven bases in the country, that number had skyrocketed to 400,000."5 It was this boom, and the resulting slack after the war that was taken up by tourism, that introduced prostitution as a large-scale business to the region.
		It has been established that "access to education is an important indicator for establishing the extent to which a community is benefiting from the changes that accompany economic development."29 In the case of rural Thai women, that access has been severely limited, due in part, it seems, to their rural placement and not their gender.
		While the foreign aspect of prostitution in Thailand and the Philippines may garner the most attention and money, most of the customers, patronizing the cheapest establishments, are native: "[a]ccording to reliable surveys of sexual behaviour, every day at least 450,000 Thai men visit prostitutes"47 (emphasis mine).
	www.links.net /vita/swat/course/prosthai.html (3802 words)

	"Modern day slavery". Prostitution in Thailand - Sciaga.pl
		Many children forced into prostitution however are often constantly raped to degrade, humiliate, and to break down their resistance by destroying one crucial thing, their sense of self worth.
		Well for one Thailand is currently called “Disneyland for pedophiles” and has up to 600,000 AIDS cases and a huge sex-for-sale industry, driven mostly by European and American tourists who come to rent what they want.
		It is estimated that the number of prostitutes in Thailand ranges from 800,000 to 2 million.
	www.sciaga.pl /tekst/16435-17-modern_day_slavery_prostitution_in_thailand (1319 words)

	Cornell Law School
		Basically, the issue of legalizing prostitution is twofold, i.e., the decriminalization of prostituted women and the legalization of prostitution or decriminalization of the sex industry.
		The first of these points perceives that the prostituted women are victimized, exploited and violated, and thus should not be punished; the second is about an acceptance of prostitution as work.
		The efforts of all concerned should instead be to urgently focus on how to suppress prostitution, embrace gender equality, defend women's human rights and support prostituted women to enable them to leave prostitution and to be provided with dignified and sustainable work.
	lsr.nellco.org /cornell/biss/papers/2 (216 words)

	Child Prostitution
		Thai society and culture are based on close family ties and religious values that are in direct conflict with the forced exploitation of individuals-- particularly children--for sexual or any other purpose.
		Child prostitutes are found in virtually every country, including the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.
		The growth of child prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation in Thailand is slowing.
	www.thaiembdc.org /socials/childprs.htm (1018 words)

	Gay prostitution in Thailand on the grove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		"Male Prostitutes in Bangkok: A Channel for HIV/Aids" was released yesterday by the Thai Association for Safe Sex and Better Quality of Life in conjunction with the Health Ministry.
		Association director Sipaporn Kritsanachinda said the study was sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and involved interviews with 100 male prostitutes from August 2001 to November 2002.
		The study revealed that middle-income earners of both sexes were the main customers of male sex workers, but that some young men were lured into the business by large amounts of money.
	www.thaivisa.com /index.php?514&backPID=10&tt_news=354 (527 words)

	Correspondents Report - Male prostitution booms in Thailand
		HAMISH ROBERTSON: It seems that the women of Thailand are finally getting even with their philandering husbands and partners.
		According to new research, the number of male prostitutes in the country has tripled in the last two years.
		It's from venues such as this that Thailand's more upmarket male prostitutes ply their trade.
	www.abc.net.au /correspondents/s612188.htm (433 words)

	AIDS as Ecological Collapse in Thailand
		Those who were forced off their farm land in these river valleys often moved to the marginal land on the hillside and on steep slopes, which only created more soil erosion and environmental problems.
		By 1989, the Thai government was forced to admit that its policy of encouraging the rapid harvesting of Thailand's forests was a mistake.
		We can't blame the victims, the young child prostitutes or the poor rural peoples who are forced onto marginal land to survive.
	www.colorado.edu /AmStudies/lewis/ecology/aids.htm (1530 words)

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