What in the World Are Anti-Trafficking NGOs Doing? Findings from a Global Study

Limoncelli, Stephanie A.

doi:10.1080/23322705.2015.1135605

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“…This could account for the low number of Chinese NGOs, for example, although it is also conceivable that the number of such NGOs in China is already relatively low. That said, the regional patterns identified here resemble the findings of previous studies (Foot, Toft, & Cesare, 2015;Limoncelli, 2016), which show that NGOs and governments in richer countries in the Americas, Asia, and Europe sponsor many more NGOs and that these organizations engage in advocacy overseas as well as at home. Table 1 displays the answers to basic questions about NGO activities.…”

Section: Journal Of Human Traffickingsupporting

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“…The only pan-NGO survey was conducted in 2002 and included fewer than 150 NGOs, although that may have been the extent of the NGO community at the time (Tzvetkova, 2002). A recent study that analyzes the activities of a sizable database of NGOs collected from the Internet is a welcome addition (Limoncelli, 2016). Crucially, however, the survey described in this article is the first to consult NGOs about their activities and opinions.…”

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From the Trenches: A Global Survey of Anti-TIP NGOs and their Views of US Efforts

Heiss¹,

Kelley²

2016

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Amid the academic and policy critiques of the United States’ 15-year push to eliminate human trafficking, the perspective of the nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working with anti-trafficking advocacy and services has been largely ignored. This article presents the results of a global survey of nearly 500 anti-trafficking NGOs in working in 133 countries, and is the first NGO-focused survey of its kind. Based on the results of the survey, we provide an overview of the anti-trafficking NGO sector as a whole, detail the relationship between anti-trafficking NGOs and the US, and account for some of the variation in NGO opinions of US efforts. Notably, we find that NGOs are remarkably satisfied with US-led efforts—despite their acknowledged flaws—and that NGOs believe that American anti-TIP policies are important and, on balance, helpful. These results also provide a warning for the future of the United States’ anti-trafficking advocacy, suggesting that the US avoid politicizing its annual Trafficking in Persons Report.

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2016

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“…We have already noted that such families are disproportionately likely to be poor, uneducated, or otherwise socially marginalized, leaving the likelihood that a criminalization approach, without accompanying efforts toward social and economic development and adequate protection and support for child brides, will leave them even more vulnerable. Moreover, though the Protocol covers both labor and sexual exploitation, most countries have focused mainly on the latter, taking measures against sex trafficking but doing less to address labor trafficking (See, for example, Limoncelli, , pp. 10–11).…”

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Child brides or child labor in a worst form?

Şişli

Limoncelli

2019

Journal of Labor and Society

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In this article, we argue that the early and/or forced marriage of girls under 18 should be understood, in part, as an exploitive form of child labor. We describe the types and conditions of labor that are commonly experienced by child brides and we examine the strengths and weaknesses of current international laws to adequately address the issue. We also argue that the problem of child brides should be addressed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as one of the worst forms of child labor. Finally, we suggest the ILO Convention No. 182 (known as the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention) as a legal mechanism. The convention offers one possible way to help to raise awareness in families and across societies about the harms of child marriage and provide for criminal and civil sanctions as tools to combat it.

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“…According to the United Nations (UN), human trafficking is a “global crime” yielding enormous financial profits “at the expense of millions of victims” who are “dehumanized and enslaved” (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [UNODC], 2007, p. 2). To ensure that victims of human trafficking receive sufficient support, both international organizations (e.g., the UN) and regional governments have been committed to securing policies and funding for victim protection (Limoncelli, 2016). Anti-trafficking social service providers (SSPs) have been taking on the critical task of providing victim support and services, such as victim identification, mental health counseling, case management, and housing (Heffernan & Blythe, 2014; Limoncelli, 2016; Schwarz et al, 2019; Steiner, Kynn, Stylianou, & Postmus, 2018).…”

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“…To ensure that victims of human trafficking receive sufficient support, both international organizations (e.g., the UN) and regional governments have been committed to securing policies and funding for victim protection (Limoncelli, 2016). Anti-trafficking social service providers (SSPs) have been taking on the critical task of providing victim support and services, such as victim identification, mental health counseling, case management, and housing (Heffernan & Blythe, 2014; Limoncelli, 2016; Schwarz et al, 2019; Steiner, Kynn, Stylianou, & Postmus, 2018). Mainstream media such as press and television have been playing a key role in disseminating trafficking-related news, reports, and victim stories, all of which can contribute to the public and stakeholders’ perception of human trafficking (Rodríguez-López, 2018).…”

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Examining Social Service Providers’ Representation of Trafficking Victims: A Feminist Postcolonial Lens

2019

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As anti-trafficking social service providers (SSPs) facilitate the process of victim recovery and empowerment, they also participate in the dissemination of trafficking-related knowledge to the general public. Drawing on a feminist postcolonial framework, this study sought to examine how anti-trafficking SSPs represent trafficking victims in written narratives published on their organizational websites. Thirty-three narratives were drawn from the websites of 10 New York–based anti-trafficking SSPs. Despite the widespread adoption of a strength-based term, “survivor,” the narratives were found to reinforce a gendered and racialized representation of trafficking victims as sex trafficked women from the “global South” and to (re)produce many “ideal” trafficking victim stereotypes that have been dominating the current discourses of trafficking. A “life transformation” discourse was pervasive, discursively foregrounding the positive impact of the SSPs on trafficking survivors. The findings suggested a need for anti-trafficking SSPs to engage with critical reflection on their positionality and intentionality in representing trafficking victims/survivors and to adopt a survivor-led storytelling paradigm. This study also provided a timely reminder for social work practitioners and researchers to continue to challenge the dominant narratives embedded in their fields of practice, to exercise critical self-reflexivity, and to provide a discursive space for those who have been deprived of voices.

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What in the World Are Anti-Trafficking NGOs Doing? Findings from a Global Study

Cited by 28 publications

References 16 publications

From the Trenches: A Global Survey of Anti-TIP NGOs and their Views of US Efforts

From the Trenches: A Global Survey of Anti-TIP NGOs and their Views of US Efforts

Child brides or child labor in a worst form?

Examining Social Service Providers’ Representation of Trafficking Victims: A Feminist Postcolonial Lens

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