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Case studies explore how women's rights shape state responses to
sex trafficking and show how politically empowering women can help
prevent and combat human trafficking Human trafficking for the sex
trade is a form of modern-day slavery that ensnares thousands of
victims each year, disproportionately affecting women and girls.
While the international community has developed an impressive
edifice of human rights law, these laws are not equally recognized
or enforced by all countries. Sex Trafficking and Human Rights
demonstrates that state responsiveness to human trafficking is
shaped by the political, social, cultural, and economic rights
afforded to women in that state. While combatting human trafficking
is a multiscalar problem with a host of conflating variables, this
book shows that a common theme in the effectiveness of state
response is the degree to which women and girls are perceived as,
and actually are, full citizens. By analyzing human trafficking
cases in India, Thailand, Russia, Nigeria, and Brazil, they shed
light on the factors that make some women and girls more
susceptible to traffickers than others. This important book is both
a call to understanding and a call to action: if the international
community and state governments are to responsibly and effectively
combat human trafficking, they must center the equality of women in
national policy.
Case studies explore how women's rights shape state responses to
sex trafficking and show how politically empowering women can help
prevent and combat human trafficking Human trafficking for the sex
trade is a form of modern-day slavery that ensnares thousands of
victims each year, disproportionately affecting women and girls.
While the international community has developed an impressive
edifice of human rights law, these laws are not equally recognized
or enforced by all countries. Sex Trafficking and Human Rights
demonstrates that state responsiveness to human trafficking is
shaped by the political, social, cultural, and economic rights
afforded to women in that state. While combatting human trafficking
is a multiscalar problem with a host of conflating variables, this
book shows that a common theme in the effectiveness of state
response is the degree to which women and girls are perceived as,
and actually are, full citizens. By analyzing human trafficking
cases in India, Thailand, Russia, Nigeria, and Brazil, they shed
light on the factors that make some women and girls more
susceptible to traffickers than others. This important book is both
a call to understanding and a call to action: if the international
community and state governments are to responsibly and effectively
combat human trafficking, they must center the equality of women in
national policy.
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