Intended mainly for researchers, media persons and service providers unfamiliar with the situation of trafficked women, this document aims to build a sound understanding of the risks, ethical considerations, and practical realities related to trafficking of women.
Provides a bibliography of the empirical literatures relating to child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Explores the possible relationships between trafficking women and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) with a view to advancing understanding of these complex issues.
Highlights that trafficking entails the denial of human rights, including the right to health. States that it is essential for physicians to know its extent and the health problems likely to be found in this exploited population.
Represents the findings of a two-year multi-country study on women's health and trafficking to the European Union. Finds that trafficking often has a profound impact on the health and well-being of women. Details the forms of abuse and risks that women experience, including physical, sexual and psychological abuse, the forced or coerced use of drugs and alcohol, social restrictions and manipulation, economic exploitation and debt bondage, legal insecurity, abusive working and living conditions, and a range of risks associated with being a migrant and/or marginalised. Argues that these abuses and risks impact women's physical, reproductive, and mental health, and can lead to the misuse of drugs or alcohol, diminish women s social and economic well-being, and limit their access to health and other support services.
Explores the various dimensions of the feminization of migration and the trafficking of women and girls for work as domestics, live-in caregivers, idustrial labourers, and for sex work.
Presents a summary of a larger research study on prostitution, including profiles of prostitutes, clients or johns, and pimps. Also provides an overview of sex trafficking, of the overall consequences of prostitution for women and society, and different legislative responses attempted.
Describes the patterns and consequences of sexual exploitation, migration, and trafficking of women in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Venezuela, and the United States.
