Citizens academy - series on trafficking
There are so many events these days being run under the general theme of trafficking in persons. (TIP). on Oct 20 I attended the second in a series of 3 talks at the Citizens Academy in Azabu.
The topic was to be on the lack of security faced by people in Japan who are trafficked. The first hour deal with very basic issues like what it TIP, what international regular exist and an intro to related Japanese laws. some of the interesting points of the talk included the rights that people have - regardless of citizenship. i guess i was surprised that some people did not realise this - but it seems these days this question has come in many places.
i would have like to know deeper and more specific issues facing different people. it was a bit too general and did not really address the different issues different people face.
maybe it was just supposed to be a review focusing on women from the Philippines?
it was mostly a review - maybe more like and intensive Japanese lesson.
i often get stopped up on the term gaikokujin. it is always puzzling to me as to who they are talking about - perhaps this is because it is based on a dichotomous view of the world of us and them. i feel i am always missing something because i do not feel any commonality with another person simply because they are not Japanese or even just because they are American.
The topic was to be on the lack of security faced by people in Japan who are trafficked. The first hour deal with very basic issues like what it TIP, what international regular exist and an intro to related Japanese laws. some of the interesting points of the talk included the rights that people have - regardless of citizenship. i guess i was surprised that some people did not realise this - but it seems these days this question has come in many places.
i would have like to know deeper and more specific issues facing different people. it was a bit too general and did not really address the different issues different people face.
maybe it was just supposed to be a review focusing on women from the Philippines?
it was mostly a review - maybe more like and intensive Japanese lesson.
i often get stopped up on the term gaikokujin. it is always puzzling to me as to who they are talking about - perhaps this is because it is based on a dichotomous view of the world of us and them. i feel i am always missing something because i do not feel any commonality with another person simply because they are not Japanese or even just because they are American.
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