Tourism and hospitality scholars have been studying the prevalence of trafficking in human beings in the context of travel and tourism, particularly in the framework of sex tourism. However, a legal perspective is currently underexplored, especially one that reflects a human rights-based approach....

This chapter describes how the Char Development and Settlement Project in Bangladesh is involving and empowering the char communities in different ways to continue the development of their area. The roles of local government institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and field-level...

The contributions to this volume make an attempt to grapple with the intricacies, complexities and ambiguities inherent in orphanage tourism and the extent to which this might accord with some semblance of modern slavery practices. The first part of the book sets the scene, examining this issue...

This chapter argues that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a useful lens through which to view the adverse effects of orphanage tourism. The first section of this chapter provides an introduction to the contents of the CRC and the second section explains what...

Agroecology is a holistic approach to agriculture, which takes into account the ecological, social, political and economic dimensions of producing food in order to build sustainable and resilient food systems that ensure food security and nutrition. It is thus an approach that resonates closely...

This chapter discusses the Indigenous rights of First Nations people in British Columbia, their efforts to assert those rights as they plan for, manage and use their traditional territories, and the implications for winter resort development.

Drawing on interviews carried out with 15 women working in tourism, this chapter depicts an enduring ideology on what it means to be a woman in Tunisian society. Participants in the interviews talked about veiling practices and women's rights. It is argued that discourses on veiled women hinder the ...

This chapter observes that the construction of the Tokwe-Mukosi dam in Chivi district was an honourable idea, as it aimed to promote sustainable development, but its effort was jeopardized by the unexpected human rights violation that erupted thereafter. The chapter examines the socio-economic...

This chapter examines the complex and contested nature of human rights and their implications for public policy, particularly governments' leisure, sport and tourism policies. Also considered are citizenship rights, group rights (of the disabled, children, women, minorities and indigenous peoples), ...

This chapter is concerned with social groups and their involvement with leisure, sport and tourism. Four perspectives for viewing the needs and demands of different social groups are discussed: a welfare perspective; a human and citizens' rights perspective; a market perspective; and a diversity...