The Global Problem of Prostitution

The exploitation of prostitution is considered to be one of a serious global issue in most of the countries around the world. Also, the number of prostitution is increasing tremendously each year and seems to be more serious than the past centuries. However, yet very few to none of the countries have completely solved this problem. Saudi Arabia and Netherlands are two examples of the countries that prostitution is still considered to be a problem that the government of both countries cannot ignore. There are different solutions that Saudi Arabia and Netherlands have come up with to solve the problem.

The first and the most obvious difference between Saudi Arabia and Netherlands is the law for prostitution. In Saudi Arabia, prostitution is strictly illegal which relates to the Islamic law that prohibits any sexual relationship outside the institution of marriage. The penalty of prostitution for those who refuse to recant, if a prostitute is a foreigner, they will be arrested, imprisoned, deported from the country and will never be allowed in the Kingdom again. Furthermore, in the case that a prostitute is a resident, they will be stoned to death or beheaded under Islamic law (Hood, 2002). According to Arab News, a Saudi Arabia man was sentenced to 28 years in jail after convicting of sexual assaulting an Indonesian housekeeper (2007). Nevertheless, by intensively enforcing prostitution laws, the Saudi Arabia government has not quite completely solved the problem yet. As to the report by Middle East Times, two years ago there were more than 80 people who were involved in 20 cases of prostitution arrested by the police (The law in Saudi Arabia, 2007). Unlike Saudi Arabia, prostitution has been legalized in Netherlands ...

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...anti-trafficking public service announcements on a website regulated by seeking women in prostitution (Trafficking in persons…, 2008).

To sum up, there are several effective solutions that these two countries have experienced from trying to solve each problem occurring in their countries, which the Thai government can adapt and use to solve the same problem in Thailand. To prevent the exploitation of prostitution, the Thai government should introduce a stricter penalty of prostitution similar to the law referring to Saudi Arabia. Moreover, in the case of sex trafficking, the solutions from the two countries are both suitable for Thailand. Even though, many countries around the world have been trying many different ways to solve this global problem, the exploitation of prostitution still arises and seems to be out of control for many countries.