types

Trafficking of Women and Children
Burma and Hill Tribes: Physicians for Human Rights Report, July 2004

A new Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) report released at the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok documents how lack of legal status for ethnic minority Burmese and hill tribe women and girls in Thailand results in discrimination and exploitation, lack of personal security and inability to access health care and other services. Women and girls from these two vulnerable groups are frequently subject to trafficking and sexual violence and abuse. This denial of fundamental human rights and dignity renders them at an unaddressed, elevated risk of HIV/AIDS, among other serious consequences. The report charges that traffickers, including police and immigration officials, operate with impunity in exploiting these groups and recommends remedial actions for the governments of Thailand, the US and Burma, as well as international organizations.

The full report is available at: http://www.phrusa.org/campaigns/aids/pdf/nostatus.pdf

Karen S. Leiter, JD MPH
Senior Research Associate Physicians for Human Rights
100 Boylston Street, Suite 702
Boston, MA 02116
t. +1 617 695 0041 x 217
f. +1 617 695 0307 kleiter@phrusa.org
www.phrusa.org