CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Farmer, Margaret Clair |
|---|---|
| Title | HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION AND PUBLIC OPINION IN HUNGARY: INTERVIEWS WITH HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS |
| Summary | Once called a bridge between the East and West, situated on the outermost border of the EU, Hungary is an origin, transit and destination country for human trafficking, with an estimated 150,000 persons trafficked through, to and out of Hungary every year. The majority of these victims are trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, primarily in prostitution, a controversial subject that remains mired in debate. Yet, many argue that the Hungarian government continues to ignore the extent of this phenomenon, and is not dedicating the necessary resources to combating it; in fact they continue to punish street prostitutes, violating their human rights, and ignoring the possibility that they are victims of exploitation and trafficking. Acknowledging, the lack of information on public opinion on these issues, this research conducts interviews with twenty-six Hungarian university students residing in Budapest, to discover their attitudes, and the extent of their awareness. By investigating public opinion this research seeks to draw attention, and empathy towards the plight of prostitutes and victims of trafficking in Hungary, finding that the students relate most strongly with the sex work paradigm, and have only very limited knowledge about the deeper intersectionality of factors that lead women into prostitution, and into the hands of traffickers. |
| Supervisor | Sandor, Judit |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/farmer_margaret-clair.pdf |
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