Study of Women and Gender 323 - SEM: SEX, TRADE & TRAFFICKING

This seminar will examine domestic and international trade and trafficking of women and girls, including sex trafficking, bride trafficking, trafficking of women for domestic and other labor, child prostitution, sex work, and pornography. We will explore societal conditions that shape this market, including economics, globalization, war, and technology. We will examine the social movements growing up around the trafficking of women, particularly divisions among activists working on the issue, and study recent laws and funding initiatives to address trafficking of women and girls. Throughout the seminar, we will apply an intersectional analysis in order to understand the significance of gender, race and class to women's experiences, public discourse, advocacy, and public policy initiatives around sex trade and trafficking. Prerequisites: SWG 150, one additional course in the major, and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 15. (E)

Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores