Migrants in the Mistress's House: Other Voices in the "Trafficking" Debate

Agustín, Laura María

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“…In the Ukraine and Russia, for example, well educated individuals from urban areas are more likely to be recruited because of their knowledge of foreign languages and their willingness and ability to leave the country and find a job abroad (Corrin 2005;Europol 2006). The ethnographic narratives, moreover, show that there may be reasons other than economic reasons for wanting to "migrate", whereby aspects like adventure, opportunities and independence play just an important role (Agustín 2005;Corrin 2005;Europol 2006). According to these studies, human trafficking for sexual exploitation might rather be approached as an aspect of a (more and more common) migration strategy -even if most women were not aware of the possible exploitation, nor of the dangers involved in sex work, when deciding on this strategy.…”

Section: The Implementation Of the International And European Legal Nmentioning

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Human trafficking revisited: legal, enforcement and ethnographic narratives on sex trafficking to Western Europe

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In this paper we focus on the ways 'victims' and 'perpetrators' are imagined in the narratives on women who have been trafficked to West Europe for sexual exploitation. Three specific domains: international/national law, local law enforcement and ethnographic academic perspective are particularly important as they strongly influence political reaction to trafficking and describe the phenomenon from the perspective of the individuals concerned. In our analysis, an explanation of the diversity of the perceptions in these three domains is provided.

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Human trafficking revisited: legal, enforcement and ethnographic narratives on sex trafficking to Western Europe

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“…Van Hear's framework makes it possible to demonstrate how common understandings of trafficking based on migrant women as either trafficked sex slaves or as migrant sex workers do not fully consider the full range of factors that can occur in a trafficking flow (Van Hear 1998). Agustín (2005) considers the simple dualism between women being considered either trafficked sex slaves or sex-work migrants are inadequate conceptualisations that have allowed a large group of trafficked women to remain ignored and invisible.…”

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“…Qualitative research among women who have experienced trafficking harm prior to them being removed from such harm by typically a law enforcement or non-governmental rescue intervention is practically unknown, but Agustín (2005), Kempadoo (2001) and Anderson (2003) have written about the lives of trafficked women while such women have been inside their trafficking experience. The ethnographic work of Andrijasevics (2004) was with trafficked women who had left their trafficking episode and who were no longer in sex work, offers significant insight into how trafficked women reflected on their experiences.…”

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'My Name Is Not Natasha' : How Albanian Women in France Use Trafficking to Overcome Social Exclusion (1998-2001)

Davies¹

2009

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“…Although sex trafficking is condemned widely, feminists differ on the kind of link between trafficking for sexual exploitation and "sex work" and prostitution, with the question of whether the sex industry and prostitution should be accepted as legitimate and voluntary (Doezema, 2000;Agustín, 2005;Duarte, 2012;Barnett, 2016).…”

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News Media Power and Public Policy: The Mediatized Construction of Women Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation

Simões

2018

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-Like other areas of violence against women, sex trafficking has become in the last decade increasingly politicized in Portuguese society, with the news media attaching important visibility to it, both for public awareness purposes and government reaction. This happened after the dismantling of a chain of striptease clubs, suspected of hosting trafficking activities. Known as the "Passerelle case", this event attracted great media attention and brought to the public sphere the problem of trafficking in women for sexual purposes. This article looks at the Portuguese press to understand in what ways the news coverage of the case paved the way for the social and political acknowledgment of this issue, and to what extent it favored an understanding capable of making a real difference in the lives of women. It argues that, despite the news media's undeniable involvement in sociopolitical changes claimed by feminism, its emancipatory potential remained unexplored. Key words: Gender. Trafficking in women. Prostitution. Portugal. Press. O PODER DOS MEDIA DE INFORMAÇÃO E AS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS:A construção mediática do tráfico de mulheres para exploração sexual RESUMO -Tal como outras áreas da violência contra as mulheres, o tráfico para exploração sexual tornou-se na última década crescentemente politizado na sociedade portuguesa, com os media de informação a concederem a esta prática uma importante visibilidade, tanto no domínio da conscientização pública como no plano da reação governamental. Isso aconteceu após o desmantelamento de uma cadeia de clubes de striptease, suspeita de atividades de tráfico. Conhecido como o caso Passerelle, este acontecimento atraiu elevada atenção mediática e fez aflorar no espaço público o tráfico para fins sexuais. Este artigo analisa a imprensa portuguesa para compreender de que forma a cobertura noticiosa do caso abriu caminho para o reconhecimento social e político deste problema e em que medida favoreceu uma compreensão capaz de fazer diferença na vida das mulheres. Defende-se que, apesar do inegável envolvimento dos meios de comunicação nas mudanças sociopolíticas reivindicadas pelo feminismo, o seu potencial emancipatório permaneceu inexplorado. Palavras-chave: Género. Tráfico de Mulheres. Prostituição. Portugal. Imprensa.

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Migrants in the Mistress's House: Other Voices in the "Trafficking" Debate

Cited by 102 publications

References 16 publications

Human trafficking revisited: legal, enforcement and ethnographic narratives on sex trafficking to Western Europe

Human trafficking revisited: legal, enforcement and ethnographic narratives on sex trafficking to Western Europe

'My Name Is Not Natasha' : How Albanian Women in France Use Trafficking to Overcome Social Exclusion (1998-2001)

News Media Power and Public Policy: The Mediatized Construction of Women Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation

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