As I have been researching and finding sources for my presentation, I have realized that my original question is not an adequate question and is not what I should be focusing on. As my previous research question was to research the differences between the US and North Korea with human trafficking, I have now focused my search on:
How is the U.S. government responding to the North Korean human trafficking problem differently from North Korea's government?
I am going to format my presentation by:
I. background on the human trafficking problem in NK - how it came to be and what it is.
II. why human trafficking is a human rights issue - why is it such a big issue? what are the true horrors (support to why it goes against human rights)
III. What the NK government is doing to fix it - why are the standing where they are and not helping the issue?
IV. What the US government is doing to fix it - what are they're goals to try to stop human trafficking?
V. New idea of why this is significance
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
IHR - Narrowed down Research Question
Three Steps:
1. I am working on the topic of Human Trafficking.
2. Because I want to find out why North Korea is a tier 3 when the U.S. is only a tier 1.
3. In order to help my reader understand better the issue at hand and how the north Korean government has neglected this issue causing it to be a big problem.
Questions:
How does Human Trafficking reflect on the society?
How can it be compared across the world between different countries?
What are all the forms of media - songs, movie, tv episodes - reporting on this issue?
What groups are trying to prevent this from happening?
Is it perpetrators and governments responsibility for this happening?
Why is HT so bad in Korea, but not US? What are the differences in the forms of government/aid groups to prevent it?
Why should Korea matter? - It has been in the news a lot.
Research Question -
Why is North Korea a tier 3 when the US is only a tier 1?
- how is the government at fault for why human trafficking is so bad?
- is there anything being done in North Korea to fix the problem? Does the government even care about the issue?
- when did the issue start? when did it become so bad?
Sources -
Human Rights Report 2010
Articles found concerning the topic
1. I am working on the topic of Human Trafficking.
2. Because I want to find out why North Korea is a tier 3 when the U.S. is only a tier 1.
3. In order to help my reader understand better the issue at hand and how the north Korean government has neglected this issue causing it to be a big problem.
Questions:
Where is this happening? - North Korea (tier 3)
Why did this topic come into being? What is its history?How does Human Trafficking reflect on the society?
How can it be compared across the world between different countries?
What are all the forms of media - songs, movie, tv episodes - reporting on this issue?
What groups are trying to prevent this from happening?
Is it perpetrators and governments responsibility for this happening?
Why is HT so bad in Korea, but not US? What are the differences in the forms of government/aid groups to prevent it?
Why should Korea matter? - It has been in the news a lot.
Research Question -
Why is North Korea a tier 3 when the US is only a tier 1?
- how is the government at fault for why human trafficking is so bad?
- is there anything being done in North Korea to fix the problem? Does the government even care about the issue?
- when did the issue start? when did it become so bad?
Sources -
Human Rights Report 2010
Articles found concerning the topic
Monday, November 22, 2010
International Human Rights - Tentative Research Proposal
1. Human Trafficking - I found an article earlier in the year on Human Trafficking in Africa and was very interested in it. It concerned trafficking to Nigeria in Africa. I had never really heard of human trafficking before I read this article and how big of an issue it was.
2. Links -
http://www.hrw.org/en/search/apachesolr_search/human+trafficking
http://www.amnestyusa.org/violence-against-women/end-human-trafficking/organizations-working-to-stop-human-trafficking/page.do?id=1108431
http://www.endhumantrafficking.org/
Broad Research Question - What is being done to address Human Trafficking?
narrowed -
pick country to focus on
pick specific organization that is trying to make this change or that is not doing anything to make this change
why is it such a hard issue to make a change for
Questions -
- How can it still be going on around the world? How long has it been going on?
- How are the traffickers getting away with it when the world knows? What is the world doing about it in order to prevent, stop, or change it? Why is it so hard to make a change for this issue?
- Where is it happening around the world?
- Why is this such an issue?
- When was the issue most prominent in the world? Is it still a big issue?
- What are the different types of human trafficking? What do I want to focus on?
2. Links -
http://www.hrw.org/en/search/apachesolr_search/human+trafficking
http://www.amnestyusa.org/violence-against-women/end-human-trafficking/organizations-working-to-stop-human-trafficking/page.do?id=1108431
http://www.endhumantrafficking.org/
Broad Research Question - What is being done to address Human Trafficking?
narrowed -
pick country to focus on
pick specific organization that is trying to make this change or that is not doing anything to make this change
why is it such a hard issue to make a change for
Questions -
- How can it still be going on around the world? How long has it been going on?
- How are the traffickers getting away with it when the world knows? What is the world doing about it in order to prevent, stop, or change it? Why is it so hard to make a change for this issue?
- Where is it happening around the world?
- Why is this such an issue?
- When was the issue most prominent in the world? Is it still a big issue?
- What are the different types of human trafficking? What do I want to focus on?
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The Next Empire
1. Note the author's key arguments. Make an outline of his points.
The author's debate is whether or not china is helping Africa transform due to their "appetite for commodities" or is it "merely exploitation?" - China is industrializing Africa because it is a profit for human resources and will benefit China in the long run. They are using their resources to bring wealth not only to China, but to Africa as well.
- China is different from the west because they are helping changes because they are not making a huge gap in classes as their new industrialization helps offer jobs to many. Since they are focuses on industrializing rather than aide they are different from the West and it is benefiting Africa.
- Some argue that China is becoming like the West and not helping Africa. The railroad in itself is an example of that.
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2. Record what you do not understand. It is always good to bring up what you were unclear on in a discussion, as your classmates will be able to help you clarify your thinking.
How does the factor that China is made up of rural farmers play into the article as it focuses on how China was industrializing Africa?
3. Identify two or three areas of potential disagreement or debate.
How is China succeeding in ways that the West has not?
Will China become the new Belgium or will they stay to their morals of helping Africa?
What are the negatives that China is bringing to Africa?
4. Develop a critique of the article.
It only examined one side in depth and that was China's side. It didn't go into as much depth as it should have about the West. All that was mentioned was that the West was making aides which weren't helping Africa. Instead, the article focused on what China explicitly was doing in Africa and whether or not it was benefiting Africa. It did a good job giving examples of China's work in Africa and giving the cons against it. I personally think that China could be going the route to only benefit themselves which is only going to harm Africa more. Because China is in their because it will gain them mass resources seems to be their main focus which will leave Africa just where it was when Leopold ruled it. Like the article states at the end, China will have to decide their position in helping Africa. It is up to them to decided whether they will benefit Africa or themselves.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Recent Congo History
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/africa/04congo.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&sq=congo&st=cse&scp=2
The issues in this article deal with rape and how the U.N. failed to keep the peace. It addresses the fact that rape went on just down the road where U.N. men were stationed. Even though, U.N. is attempting peace in the Congo they are not succeeding. There are rebel groups that are committing rape and the Congolese army can not stop it. It is hard to keep track of the rapes because a lot of times women do not come forward and it happens under the soldiers noses. Its hard to understand that there is very little that the army can do to stop these rapes. The article was simply reporting these rapes and why they were not being stopped. It didn't go into how they could be stopped effectively. After so many years, it is still shocking that women are still treated like this. The U.N. says that they are making peace when really they are doing anything but.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/10/01/congo.atrocities.un.report/index.html?iref=storysearch
This article similar to the one above, addresses the crimes against humanity that have gone on throughout the Congo since 1993-2003. The report has come out recently as this article was published on October 1st. It focuses on the women and children who were hurt and focused on getting voices heard. The article addresses that most time voices of the mis-treating are ignored and this report is going to bring everything to the surface. Why did it take this long to create a report and how will the public respond to better the Congo?
The issues in this article deal with rape and how the U.N. failed to keep the peace. It addresses the fact that rape went on just down the road where U.N. men were stationed. Even though, U.N. is attempting peace in the Congo they are not succeeding. There are rebel groups that are committing rape and the Congolese army can not stop it. It is hard to keep track of the rapes because a lot of times women do not come forward and it happens under the soldiers noses. Its hard to understand that there is very little that the army can do to stop these rapes. The article was simply reporting these rapes and why they were not being stopped. It didn't go into how they could be stopped effectively. After so many years, it is still shocking that women are still treated like this. The U.N. says that they are making peace when really they are doing anything but.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/10/01/congo.atrocities.un.report/index.html?iref=storysearch
This article similar to the one above, addresses the crimes against humanity that have gone on throughout the Congo since 1993-2003. The report has come out recently as this article was published on October 1st. It focuses on the women and children who were hurt and focused on getting voices heard. The article addresses that most time voices of the mis-treating are ignored and this report is going to bring everything to the surface. Why did it take this long to create a report and how will the public respond to better the Congo?
Monday, September 20, 2010
Chapter 8 small group discussion
1. Idea or question that is lingering after your discussion?
The question that is still bothering me is why no one believed Lefranc or Williams when they spoke up about the true happenings in Africa. What we discussed in our group which did answer this question for me was a) people were worried about losing their status if they spoke up and b) everyone was part of the system. It is not so much the fact that the support given wasn't evidence enough. I am just very disturbed that no one spoke up. Just because it was going to determine someone's status or the fact that no one was strong enough to speak up, someone should have paid more attention to Williams open letter and Lefranc's comments. However, from the text I can understand why no one spoke up against Leopold.
2. Evaluate your small group discussion. What worked well? How can you improve?
I found that all the questions were very similar and our group's discussion did not expand enough beyond the few questions that were brought up. Along with that, not everyone participated. The lap tops were a little distracting and no one was engaged in the discussion. It seemed very forced and we all felt that if there was a discussion leader it would have been a lot better. I think we have a lot to improve on and it starts with people just all being focused on the discussion. It really helps if everyone is involved and willing to participate. Then, it is important to dig deeper than the average response which is what we failed to do today. We answered the questions, but we did not analyze them as much. I think the small discussions will improve when they are graded and lead by a discussion leader.
The question that is still bothering me is why no one believed Lefranc or Williams when they spoke up about the true happenings in Africa. What we discussed in our group which did answer this question for me was a) people were worried about losing their status if they spoke up and b) everyone was part of the system. It is not so much the fact that the support given wasn't evidence enough. I am just very disturbed that no one spoke up. Just because it was going to determine someone's status or the fact that no one was strong enough to speak up, someone should have paid more attention to Williams open letter and Lefranc's comments. However, from the text I can understand why no one spoke up against Leopold.
2. Evaluate your small group discussion. What worked well? How can you improve?
I found that all the questions were very similar and our group's discussion did not expand enough beyond the few questions that were brought up. Along with that, not everyone participated. The lap tops were a little distracting and no one was engaged in the discussion. It seemed very forced and we all felt that if there was a discussion leader it would have been a lot better. I think we have a lot to improve on and it starts with people just all being focused on the discussion. It really helps if everyone is involved and willing to participate. Then, it is important to dig deeper than the average response which is what we failed to do today. We answered the questions, but we did not analyze them as much. I think the small discussions will improve when they are graded and lead by a discussion leader.
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