NEXT STEPS?

The future is not clear-cut, but it appears promising as more citizens have spoken out against the SEA now than ever before. However, the current obstacle is the lack of a unified forefront. Consequently, the lack creates three central barriers to the abolition movement:

  1. By and large, the community is in agreement with each other but exists in clusters. It would be a more effective movement for abolition if all clusters united as a single forefront in the form of an organization that their government could identify.
  2. Further, the SEA has been a topic of controversy for years, but only sporadically. A single-body organization would accelerate the discussion and potential outcomes. If a collective was dedicated to consistently addressing the matter, the discussions would be more frequent, and change might occur more timely.
  3. Lastly, those who hold the most power and voice – the Ministry and TTUTA – are the ones who are opposing abolition. While this is a huge barrier, a united organization of members might at the most be able to alter their opinions, boycott the SEA for radical change, or, at the very least, be able to propose an alternative to the SEA.