Events

4 April 2008

From Prevention to Protection: The Psychology and Cultural Impact of Trafficking Asian Girls for Sexual Exploitation

Seminar

Globalisation has increased human trafficking for sexual exploitation to 10 times that of the 19th century trans-Atlantic slave trade. This presentation focuses on the trafficking of Asian girls, discussing how culture and Western stereotypes contribute to this lucrative clandestine business. The psychological impact for victims/survivors, their families, and communities will also be discussed. Personal stories will be included.Prior to coming to George Mason University, Rita Chung was an Assistant Professor at Ohio State University, a Project Director for the National Research Center on Asian American Mental Health at UCLA, a consultant for the World Bank, and was an adjunct faculty for Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University. Before coming to the United States Dr. Chung lived in the Brazil, England, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Philippines.Dr. Chung has published extensively in the fields of cross-cultural and multicultural psychology and counseling. She recently co-authored a book with Drs. Fred Bemak and Paul Pedersen entitled Counseling Refugees: A Psychosocial Approach to Innovative Multicultural Interventions and authored over 60 journal articles and book chapters on immigrant and refugee mental health and psychosocial adjustment and cross-cultural issues in psychology and counseling. She is currently writing a book with Dr. Fred Bemak entitled Social Justice and Multiculturalism: Application, Theory and Practice in Counseling and Psychotherapy. The book is one of the first written in the psychology and counseling fields and challenges training and practice with an emphasis on redefining the psychologist and counselor's role to include issues of social justice and human rights.

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