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Migrant Sex Worker Wikipedia Page Draft -subsection Case Studies:

Canada

Canada has emerged as an important country for migrant sex work. Canada has seen a significant influx of migrant sex workers because of the notion of the West being seen by a mecca of opportunity. Furthermore, Canada is rich nation and some women in-vision themselves becoming citizens one day. Many women from different parts of Asia especially Thai women started migrating to Canada because of the labor flow and migration polices. More women from Europe started traveling to Thailand for sex work thus, forcing women in their homelands to travel for work. Also, migration reforms in parts of Europe has made it harder for people to stay for an extended period of time.

In the 90s Canada started to become more cognizant of migrant sex workers. During this time there was national debate over if the work should be viewed as prostitution or as a labor force. There are two perspectives taken when dealing prostitution which are treating women as victims of trafficking or women who are acting in their own free will. According to Leslie Jefferey, the Canadian government does an inadequate job of regulating prostitution. The blame for the issue falls on women rather than men who are buying into the services. Jefferey also points to studies done about Thai and Chinese women indicating they are not being coerced to work in Canada. The Canadian government overtime has initiated different preventive legislation to make migrant sex work more difficult to find. Acts such as C-36 make it harder for women to be directly elicting for sex. Additionally, with the passage of C-36 there would be $20 million dollars allocated to assist individuals trying to leave prostitution. This statute made it harder for women to get clients and jobs had to be done in secrecy. McIntyre asserts that because of these types of laws migrant workers who are deported put women more at risk to encounter poverty and abuse in their home country.

Different parts of Canada have different problems which women tactic pertaining to violence. In particular, many women experience violence with this career which often does not get reported. In Toronto many women did not report violence, but in Vancouver women were more likely to report acts of sexual assault. There are more enforcement of laws in Toronto than Vancouver and Toronto over the years has been more broadcasted in the news as well.

Week 7 Assignment:

This article emphasizes different ethnic groups spreading sexual transmitted diseases to parts of the United States. One main concept is how people are unaware of how dangerous this practice is. This ties into migrant sex work because STDs and STIs are not taken into consideration with the industry.

This article analyzed migrant sex workers from Argentina, Dominican Republic and other minorities in relations to the United States. Many people a upon coming to the United States have a very hard time applying for the United States citizen status. Thus, so many women who come from migrant sex backgrounds cannot do not have the proper immigration document or means.

This article argues that women in some parts of the nation are held to high standards because they are sex workers. This connects to why women turn to sex work and the globally economic benefits. There is a sense of new found status with working in the sex industry.

WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT:

The article which I will be contributing to is migrant sex work. This article piqued my interest because of something mentioned in class which pertains to sex work being an economic gain for nations. Previously, I had not really thought of sex work as a way in which women could further themselves in society. The article does have a rating of “start-class” so ideas are there, but not fully developed. On the quality scale, it received a “start-class” and there is no rating for the importance scale. Furthermore, there are two peer reviews located on the talk page as well. The page could be improved on and I would like to add some more detail and depth to the page.

The portion of the page I would like to edit is for the “case studies” or “migration and legal status”. A case study which I would be interested into contributing would be migrant sex workers coming from the United States or China and their experiences. I would like to more learn about different women’s perspective from other parts of the world and their views of their job. Women from different parts of the world view sex work very differently. Moreover, the section on migration is fascinating because of recent ideas we learn in class about women in China and women in India concerning women’s status with careers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant_sex_work

Analyzing the Gender and Development page on Wikipedia allowed me to explore useful content found on the topic. Before doing this exercise, I was unaware of certain tabs on Wikipedia and the Talk page on articles. There are many functions on Wikipedia which are unknown to the average person. Previously, I had been taught that Wikipedia is not a reliable source for information after doing this activity I have learned other ways to use Wikipedia to be most beneficial to me as a student.

First, The Gender and Development page found on Wikipedia has appropriate and reliable information. Ideas are supported by footnotes and facts are presented with sources. Information is factual and describes through the intro how women rights started to gain traction thus, allowing for these different methods to follow. The page describes the shortcomings of these approaches which is very beneficial to understand how approaches are not perfect and have room for improvement. There are certain aspects to each approach which cannot be covered in the theory.

Most ideas mentioned are relevant to the article topic, except towards the bottom of the page ‘Alternative Approaches’ are vague and unnecessary. This section comes off as an afterthought to the other details. The ideas about Marxism, Dependency Theory and Basic Needs Approach must be expanded for a more cohesive page.

The article is relatively pretty neutral there is no slant towards a conservative or liberal. One perspective does not take over the whole page. There is no harsh or strong language. The page is in support of women’s rights.

The information in the Gender and Development page comes from websites, books, blogs, news articles and podcasts. Since, there are a variety of sources there is not an overbearing presence of one. The combination of sources creates a well-balanced page.

The thoughts on: Women in development, women and development, gender development are represented equally throughout the article, however the Neoliberal approaches is underrepresented there could be more information regarding this terminology. The Neoliberal section could be more refined and cohesive. The Neoliberal portion gives examples of different women throughout the world who experience poverty, but Americans are not mentioned to be part of it. This begs the question if women from America do not faces the same struggles as third world women or women throughout the world do not share the same burdens. Moreover, Ester Boserup’s work seemed to be very critical to the WID yet, the article does not showcase this adequately. There is very little reference to Boserup in the WID section.

Then, mostly the citations are accurate. However, there are incomplete citation which are on the page. For example, there are some books with just the author, date of publication and page number without the full name of the book mentioned. One link I clicked on led me to Ebay and did not direct me to the proper site. Thus, that was a faulty link. There could be more links which do not work in the bibliography section. There is one citation just as, “World Bank 2010” without any url or proper full citation. Furthermore, each fact has a reference to a footnote and some of the sources seem to be a bit unreliable. Some of the sources come from articles which are not scholarly. The sources may contain bias because average day people are contributing information.

Next, as a disclaimer on the top of the page it is mentioned that the article, “(does not) reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia”. Hence, this suggests that average people contribute this page rather than expertise. I clicked on reference to the encyclopedic tone and I was directed to a page where it explained that colloquialism, informal writing is used. Formal writing is not used throughout this article.

The Talk page for this article is where students contribute to the document. Masters students are adding to the page for school purposes. Ideas are being thrown around pertaining to questions and ideas among each other. People are answering each other’s questions and are discussing the topics mentioned throughout the article. Some people are changing the verbiage to add clarification to some of the ideas. For example, a member is editing information about the theoretical approach to make it clearer for the reader to understand. I find it very interesting that people are communicating with each other in a timely manner with constructive ideas. In addition, the Talk page of the article acts as a mini discussion board which is beneficial for all parties to throw around potentially ideas. Since, people are contributing for school purposes information might have the ability to be developed more.

The article is not rated, people have not wanted to add a rating to any of the categories. The article is not as popular as some other Wikipedia pages. However, the page was recently edited on September 5 of this year. People have not invested the time and effort to analyze the “quality” or “importance” of the page. Gender and development is part of the WikiProject Gender Studies.

Finally, from what I have learned from WS 580 class is more descriptive than this page. The book assigned for this class, Gender, Development, and Globalizationis not structured very well, the ideas are very hard to follow. The poor organization skills make it hard to grasp concepts such as the various approaches of women’s studies. Furthermore, the book is scattered without clear definitions. As compared the class PowerPoints that are easy to follow and have chronological order. The content from WS 580 is more in depth than both the book and the Wikipedia page. For example, in the Gender and Development PowerPoint first describes the definition and history of development which prefaces what is to come.

I decided to add the book, Small Loans, Big Dreams: How Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance Are Changing the World to the ‘Further reading’ section on the Gender and development page on Wikipedia. I thought this book was useful for people who want to learn more about Yunus’s life and contribution to the ideas of microcredit. I was in particularly fascinated with the idea of how Yunus started the Grameen Bank and understanding the workings of microfinance. When I first read the textbook, I did not know the what the term for ‘microcredit’. Yunus’s work has heavily contributed to women’s studies in grasping women’s spending habits. Typically, when I am unfamiliar with a term or person I look them up or I read more about them. Hence, people who peruse through the page and come across Yunus’s name should read the book. I added the book because the page lacks information on Yunus’s life, there are not a lot of citations on the page about microfinance, and to inform others about Yunus’s page. People who are interested in economics, trade and commerce and globalization may want to refer to this book. The topic of microfinance does not just pertain to women’s studies, but different fields that people might be curious about.

In conclusion, I have learned more ways than one that Wikipedia articles can be helpful. I can analyze pages now in relations to the language used, checking proper citation, the rating system and the Talk page to name a few. I am interested in seeing how Wikipedia can benefit me further in this class.