Human Trafficking of Women and Girls: Characteristics, Commonalities, and Complexities

Hume, Deborah L.; Sidun, Nancy M.

doi:10.1080/02703149.2016.1205904

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“…Estimates of trafficking for sexual exploitation are difficult to ascertain for a number of reasons. One of the complexities is the fact that the boundaries of trafficking and exploitation are often hard to define [ 56 , 57 ]. Again, consensus on a clear definition of the practices is lacking.…”

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“…According to the ILO, 44% of the victims had migrated within or across countries prior to being trafficked [ 58 ]. The ILO also indicates that the vast majority of victims of sexual exploitation are women and girls [ 56 , 57 , 58 ]. Importantly, we should not forget that the focus on females as being the only victims might lead to a biased image.…”

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Prevalence of Sexual Violence in Migrants, Applicants for International Protection, and Refugees in Europe: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Evidence

Schrijver

Beken

Krahé

et al. 2018

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(1) Background: Sexual violence (SV) is a major public health problem, with negative socio-economic, physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health consequences. Migrants, applicants for international protection, and refugees (MARs) are vulnerable to SV. Since many European countries are seeing high migratory pressure, the development of prevention strategies and care paths focusing on victimised MARs is highly needed. To this end, this study reviews evidence on the prevalence of SV among MAR groups in Europe and the challenges encountered in research on this topic. (2) Methods: A critical interpretive synthesis of 25 peer-reviewed academic studies and 22 relevant grey literature documents was conducted based on a socio-ecological model. (3) Results: Evidence shows that SV is highly frequent in MARs in Europe, yet comparison with other groups is still difficult. Methodologically and ethically sound representative studies comparing between populations are still lacking. Challenges in researching SV in MARs are located at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, community, societal, and policy levels. (4) Conclusions: Future research should start with a clear definition of the concerned population and acts of SV to generate comparable data. Participatory qualitative research approaches could be applied to better grasp the complexity of interplaying determinants of SV in MARs.

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Prevalence of Sexual Violence in Migrants, Applicants for International Protection, and Refugees in Europe: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Evidence

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Beken

Krahé

et al. 2018

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“…Sexual exploitation is found all along the migration journey, including so-called 'transactional' or 'survival sex' to acquire safe passage (Freedman, 2016). Young females are the group mostly likely to be trafficked in host countries, for various forms of exploitation (Bokhari and Kelly, 2012;Miller-Perrin and Wurtele, 2017) and brokered marriages (Hume and Sidun, 2017). Women and girls may be stigmatised and marginalised by adults in positions of authority following sexual violence, exploitation and sex work; this can exclude them from accessing safe and dignified reception conditions, placing them at even greater risk (Pittaway and Bartolomei, 2018).…”

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Unaccompanied Young Females and Social Workers: Meaning-Making in the Practice Space

Larkin

Lefevre

2020

The British Journal of Social Work

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This article considers the role and importance of the intersubjective practice space created between social workers and unaccompanied young females (UYFs)—girls and young women under eighteen years of age, who arrive in a country, not in the care of a parent or guardian, and claim asylum in their own right. The voices of UYFs are under-represented in the literature and there is very little research which considers social work with this marginalised group. Through a study of how UYFs and practitioners in England experienced and constructed each other during their everyday practice encounters, we discuss the potential of the practice space for creating mutual understandings and enabling positive changes. Analysis revealed that their subjective and affective experience of their encounters and of each other, both as individual humans and as representations of particular categories (asylum-seeker/looked-after child and professional helper/agent of the state), influenced how they engaged, communicated, co-constructed understandings of each other and viewed the process and outcomes of the social work contact. We argue for the importance of practice encounter spaces, their distinctiveness from what is written in policy and law and their potential as a site for creativity and change.

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“…One of the complexities is the fact that the boundaries of trafficking and exploitation are often hard to define [49,50]. Again, consensus on a clear definition of the practices is lacking.…”

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“…According to the ILO, 44% of the victims had migrated within or across countries prior to being trafficked [51]. The ILO also indicates that the vast majority of victims of sexual exploitation are women and girls [49][50][51]. Importantly, we should not forget that the focus on females as being the only victims might lead to a biased image.…”

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Prevalence of Sexual Violence in Migrants, Applicants for International Protection and Refugees: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Evidence

Schrijver¹,

Beken²,

Krahé³

et al. 2018

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1) Background: Sexual violence (SV) is a major public health issue with negative socio-economic and physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health consequences. Migrants, applicants for international protection and refugees (MAR) are identified as a vulnerable group for SV. Since many European countries have been confronted with high migratory pressure, developing prevention strategies and care paths focusing on those MAR affected by SV is needed. To this end, this study reviews evidence on the prevalence of SV among MAR groups in Belgium. 2) Methods: A critical interpretive synthesis was applied to 25 peer-reviewed articles and 22 grey literature documents based on the socio-ecological model. 3) Results: The evidence shows that prevalence rates of SV are high among MAR in Belgium, but comparable prevalence data are lacking. Several challenges for conducting prevalence studies SV in this population are identified and discussed. 4) Conclusions: Sexual violence in MAR in Europe is probably more frequent than in the general population, however representative studies confirming this hypothesis are lacking. Future research should start with a clear definition of the concerned population and acts of SV to generate comparable data. Participatory qualitative research approaches should be applied to fully grasp the complexity of interplaying determinants of SV in MAR.

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Human Trafficking of Women and Girls: Characteristics, Commonalities, and Complexities

Cited by 51 publications

References 4 publications

Prevalence of Sexual Violence in Migrants, Applicants for International Protection, and Refugees in Europe: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Evidence

Prevalence of Sexual Violence in Migrants, Applicants for International Protection, and Refugees in Europe: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Evidence

Unaccompanied Young Females and Social Workers: Meaning-Making in the Practice Space

Prevalence of Sexual Violence in Migrants, Applicants for International Protection and Refugees: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Evidence

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