ABSTRACT
The female victim remains stuck in the groove of vulnerability and exploitation. This chapter examines some of the challenges faced by both local and global actors in designing and implementing cross-border, anti-sex trafficking policies. This chapter explores the anti-sex trafficking policy ramifications stemming from situating cross-border female sex trafficking. It explores an analysis of how anti-sex trafficking policy is impacted by contrasting ideological stands on the female commercial sex industry. The US government has clearly adopted a strong position against prostitution, noting that prostitution is harmful and dehumanizing and fuels trafficking in persons. The chapter brings the victim centered approach identified by the UN Protocol. The Coalition against Trafficking of Women (CATW) mainly spearheads the abolitionist perspective on prostitution. The chapter shows the conflicting socio-economic interests of the global North and the global South follow different agendas and policies on international migration.
