Problem
Part A
"That the importation into the United States of women for the purposes of prostitution is hereby forbidden; and all contracts and agreements in relation thereto, made in advance or in pursuance of such illegal importation and purposes, are hereby declared void; and whoever shall knowingly and willfully import, or cause any importation of, women into the United States for the purposes of prostitution, or shall knowingly or willfully hold, or attempt to hold, any woman to such purposes, in pursuance of such illegal importation and contract or agreement, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five years and pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars."
With the paragraph above answer these two questions:
a) How do you think this was enforced?
b) How did this affect women versus men?
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Part B
a) Discuss the status of Haiti regarding CEDAW and Gender-based Violence (GBV) in general.
b) Reflect on the empirical evidence of Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Haiti and Explain How do you explain the scope and magnitude of GBV in the context of migration?