Rahab International Documents
Patricia Green is a Consultant and Advocate for Rahab International who work on behalf of sexually exploited women and children. Patricia is a New Zealander. She is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God, a social worker, and has a Master's degree in Community Psychology.
'Speak out for those who
cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute.
Speak out, judge
righteously; defend the rights of the poor and needy.'
Proverbs
31: 8 - 9
Patricia founded and was the Director of 'Landmark Christian Homes for Girls' from 1971 to 1987. She also founded and was the Director of 'Rahab Ministries Thailand' from 1988 to 2004.
She is also a well-known speaker on issues of sexual exploitation, trafficking and prostitution. Patricia's passion is to create an awareness of these issues and to motivate people, especially Christians, to reach out to sexually exploited women and children in the name of Christ to offer them a new life.
Patricia has been instrumental in starting such ministries in several countries.
Copyright Statement
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None of the following material may be used in publications or reprinted without express written permission from Patricia Green.
Trafficking and Prostitution in Germany- 2 page report
Trafficking
and Prostitution in Germany - expanded report
Researched
and prepared for Rahab International by Stefanie Weiland. May
2005.
Germany is one of the top 10 destination countries for sex trafficking in the world. It is estimated that approximately 75% of prostitutes in Germany are foreigners.
Prostitution
and Trafficking in the UK
Researched and prepared for Rahab International by Stefanie Weiland.
May 2005.
As recent increase in press coverage has indicated, both prostitution and trafficking in the UK are major causes for concern. Although prostitution is legal and trafficking is not, the two separate issues can both be seen as manifestations of violence against women and children which seem to be increasing in British society.
Asha
II Forum Keynote Address: Overview of the Sex Industry in Asia
Researched and prepared by Patricia Green, Rahab International.
18 March, 2005.
It is not by accident that Asha Forum II is meeting here in Chiang Mai, Thailand, which is the point of entry of thousands of women and children who come voluntarily or who are trafficked across borders into the sex industry in Thailand and beyond.
On the streets of Chiang Mai you will see many children who have ‘come down’ from their hill villages to make money frequently by ‘selling sex’ or who will work on the streets and become victims of sexual abuse. Children are at risk of sexual abuse by local men, by foreign tourists, and paedophiles maybe for the price of a teddy bear.
Prostitution
- Children the Victims
Unpublished paper presented at a conference on 'Women, Sexuality
and Development' at Women's Studies Centre, Sydney University. Researched
and prepared for Rahab International by Patricia Jennifer Green.
November 1994.
More than one million children become prostitutes every year. Most are in Asia. Children are taken from their villages and sold in the cities or overseas by highly organised syndicates or individuals for prostitution or used for pornographic purposes.
The exact number of children involved in prostitution is unknown and unknowable (Boonchalaksi and Guest in Kaime-Atterhog & Ard-am, 1993), NGO and unofficial sources indicate that upwards of two million females are engaged in prostitution in Thailand alone.
Sex
Tourism in Thailand
Researched and prepared for Rahab International by Laura Bailey.
April 2004.
The tourism industry in Asia has exploded within the past 30 years. The Thai government, in particular, saw tourism as a way to earn foreign exchange and thus boost their economy. During the 1980s, the Thai government began vigorously promoting tourism and poured substantial amounts of government funds (504 million baht in 1988) to fuel this industry.
Trafficking
in Women for Prostitution - Thailand
Researched and prepared for Rahab International by Laura Bailey.
April 2004.
Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 4 million women, children, and men are trafficked into modern forms of slavery worldwide. Trafficking is a growing phenomenon internationally, and the problem is fueled by poverty, conflict, inadequate female education and economic opportunity, and the low value placed on women and children in many parts of the world. It is considered to be a gross violation of women’s rights and a contemporary form of slavery by the international community.
Prostitution
in Thailand
Researched and prepared for Rahab International by Laura Bailey.
April 2004.
The Sex Trade is like any other trade – it is about supply and demand. For the past few decades, Bangkok has been famous worldwide as the international center where those who seek cheap, available sex can find the supply. The sex industry is lucrative and it has expanded rapidly in Thailand within the past few decades. For the men and women working in the sex trade, prostitution provides a way for people of low education to earn a high salary.
Child
Prostitution in Thailand
Researched and prepared for Rahab International by Laura Bailey.
April 2004.
According to the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF), one million children – mostly girls but also a significant number of boys – enter the multi-billion dollar commercial sex trade in Asia every year. The trafficking of women and children into the global sex trade is the third largest criminal activity internationally, and a multi-billion dollar industry. While other children are sleeping, playing, going to school and enjoying the innocence of their youth, child sex workers in East Asia are dealing with the devastating realities of their exploitation – AIDS, malnutrition, psychological trauma and sexually transmitted disease.
In
the Shadow of the Red Light
Published in Rainbows of Hope magazine, 2001.
FAA is twelve years old. She is Vietnamese and sells flowers around one of the tourist entertainment areas in Bangkok to earn a living for her family. Faa also goes with foreign tourists who use her for sex or to make pornography. This is a way of life now; if she has no money for a taxi home she just offers her body to the taxi driver for payment. Maybe she already has AIDs.
Tourism
and Trafficking - the Connection
Presented at Peace Corp conference at Cha-am, Thailand, 2001.
In recent years international tourism has become an increasingly influential factor in the Thai economy. In Thailand tourism is bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars into the country. Thailand, like much of Asia, is a magnet for Western tourists as well as tourists from surrounding Asian countries. For westerners, attractions are the constant sunshine, beautiful beaches and islands, once deserted but rapidly being transformed into tourist resorts with accompanying bars and nightlife. As throughout South East Asia there is a fascinating culture and interesting people. Underlying the beauty is the exploitative and sometimes violent world of sex tourism.
Interview
with Patricia Green by New Zealand Television (NZTV) in January
2006
about 'Sex Tourism in Thailand'
Interviewer Lisa Glass, duration 7 minutes 46 seconds.
Interview
with Patricia Green during a visit to Kamloops in Canada in 2000
Interviewer Krista Bones, duration 17 minutes.
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rahabinternational.org
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