http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/4376/matthew-lozada Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:23:52 -0400 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:23:52 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1607/women-in-the-schoolhouse-whitehouse-and-whorehouse-empowering-sex-trafficked-women-in-southeast-asia-through-education-and-political-participation By Matthew Lozada - While the enslavement of humans has been occurring even before the dawn of written history, today's form of slavery occurs on an unprecedented scale in both scope and reach. This work attempts to understand the most vulnerable sectors of population groups and the strength of the laws in Southeast Asian countries that address the human trafficking epidemic in the region. This endeavor uses quantitative analysis through the linear regression function of the SPSS program to operationalize and see whether the factors of gender parity, educational attainment, or political representation show strong... Fri, 31 May 2013 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1607/women-in-the-schoolhouse-whitehouse-and-whorehouse-empowering-sex-trafficked-women-in-southeast-asia-through-education-and-political-participation