Abstract—Humanitarian efforts have spurred a visual
culture that portrays suffering victims in order to elicit concern
in audiences across the world. The humanitarian efforts of
Western nations have come under considerable scrutiny in
recent years. This paper analyzes the response of a sex workers
organization in the Asia-Pacific region to the efforts of
anti-human trafficking activists. It focuses on two visual images
that are used to challenge this humanitarian regime and situates
this campaign within the context of other humanitarian
criticism.
Index Terms—Asia-Pacific region, humanitarianism, human
trafficking, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), visual
culture.
Anelynda Mielke is with the Carleton University, Canada (e-mail:
anelynda@gmail.com).
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Cite: Anelynda Mielke, " Challenging Humanitarian Images the Case of
Anti-Trafficking," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 1056-1061, 2015.