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Redirecting the Debate over Trafficking in Women: Definitions, Paradigms, and Contexts

Full title in original language:

Redirecting the Debate over Trafficking in Women: Definitions, Paradigms, and Contexts

Education level:

University

University (18+ years)

Topic / subtopic:

Trafficking in persons / smuggling of migrants

Human-rights based approach to trafficking in persons

Gender dimension in trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants phenomena

Human rights and civic education

Gender

Target audience:

Teachers / Lecturers, Students, Professors

Type of resource:

Publication / Article

Languages:

English

Region of relevance:

Global

Access:

restricted access: requiring payment

Individual authors:

Janie Chuang

Publication year:

1998

Published by:

Harvard Human Rights Journal

Copyright holder:

Contact name and address:

Harvard Human Rights Law Journal

Contact email:

hlshrj@gmail.com

Key themes:

Links:

Publication

Short description:

This article asserts that the narrow portrayal of trafficking denies the complexity of the problem by focusing mainly on women and children recruited for the purpose of prostitution. The author provides an overview of the experiences of women who are trafficked or forced into labor/slavery-like practices. She then surveys international anti-trafficking law and proposed changes and ends by analyzing the interaction between international anti-trafficking law, domestic immigration policies and anti-prostitution laws. The analysis demonstrates that the capacity of international law to combat trafficking and forced labor/slavery-like practices turns on its ability to respond to the complexities of the range of circumstances that characterize experiences faced by victims.

Short description:

This article asserts that the narrow portrayal of trafficking denies the complexity of the problem by focusing mainly on women and children recruited for the purpose of prostitution. The author provides an overview of the experiences of women who are trafficked or forced into labor/slavery-like practices. She then surveys international anti-trafficking law and proposed changes and ends by analyzing the interaction between international anti-trafficking law, domestic immigration policies and anti-prostitution laws. The analysis demonstrates that the capacity of international law to combat trafficking and forced labor/slavery-like practices turns on its ability to respond to the complexities of the range of circumstances that characterize experiences faced by victims.

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