Sex, slavery and the trafficked woman : myths and misconceptions about trafficking and its victims / Ramona Vijeyarasa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vijeyarasa, Ramona, author.

Series:

Gender in a global/local world.

Gender in a Global/Local World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human trafficking.

Prostitution.

Women--Crimes against.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables, graphs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman is a go-to text for readers who seek a comprehensive overview of the meaning of a human trafficking' and current debates and perspectives on the issue. It presents a more nuanced understanding of human trafficking and its victims by examining - and challenging - the conventional assumptions that sit at the heart of mainstream approaches to the topic. A pioneering study, the arguments made in this book are largely drawn from the author's fieldwork in Ukraine, Vietnam and Ghana. The author demonstrates to readers how a law enforcement and criminal justice-oriented approach to trafficking has developed at the expense of a migration and human rights perspective. She highlights the importance of viewing trafficking within a broad spectrum of migratory movement. The author contests the coerced, female victim archetype as stereotypical and challenges the reader to understand trafficking in an alternative manner, introducing the counterintuitive concept of the a voluntary victim'. Overall, this text provides readers of migration and development, gender studies, women's rights and international law a comprehensive and multidisciplinary analysis of the concept of trafficking."

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Figures, Maps and Tables

Acknowledgements

Preface

Series Preface

Part I: Setting the Scene: Trafficking Myths and Misconceptions in Context

1 Introduction to Trafficking and the Mainstream Trafficking Framework

Human Trafficking: Concepts and Realities

The Myths and Misconceptions Challenged in this Book

Analysing Trafficking Through the Lens of Autonomy, Agency and Causality

Structure of this Book

The Way Forward

2 The Main Agendas and Those Behind Them

Academic Discourse: Feminist Debates on Sex Work and Trafficking

Government Agendas: Controlling Sex Work and Migration Using Anti-Trafficking Policies

The Influence of the UN, Inter-Governmental and Non-Governmental Organisations and Donors

The Rescue Industry

The Media

Victim Self-Imagery: The Good Woman, Innocent Victim and Inviolable Man

Conclusion

3 Legislative Approaches to Trafficking: The Role of the Law in Challenging or Reinforcing Myths and Misconceptions

The Trafficking Protocol and its Problematic Definition of Trafficking

Other International and Regional Legal Instruments

Regulating Trafficking, Sex Work and Migration at the National Level

Part II: Dispelling the Myths and Misconceptions

4 The Coerced Victim of Trafficking

Dispelling the Coerced Victim Archetype: Kidnapping, Abduction and the Deception of Victims

The 'Voluntary Victim': Refining our Understanding of Human Trafficking

5 The Uneducated Victim of Trafficking

The Archetypal Uneducated Victim and its Origins

Contesting the Uneducated Victim Archetype

Does Education Impact Trafficking in Other Ways?

Other Variables in the Education Systems

6 The Poor Victim of Trafficking

Defining Absolute Poverty's Relationship with Trafficking.

Relative Poverty and Human Trafficking

7 The Female Victim of Trafficking

'Gender' Inequality and the Traffic of Women and Girls

Human Trafficking and Male Victims

The Gendered Nature of Exploitation

The Sex of Traffickers

The Gendered Nature of Stigma

Part III: An Alternative Approach to Trafficking

8 The Shortcomings of a Criminal Justice Focus

The Criminal Underworld of Sex and Exploitation

Elements of the Crime

9 The 'Voluntary' Victim, Unmet Expectations and Contractual and Labour Rights Redress

Turning to Principles from Contract Law: Unmet Expectations, Deception and Redress

Legitimate and Non-Legitimate Expectations

Labour Laws: Exploitation and Regulating Conditions of Work

Conclusion: Towards a More Inclusive, Victim-Centred Framework

The Voluntary Victim of Trafficking

A New Victim Profile

Other Potential Drivers Beyond the Scope of this Book

Rising Above Individual Agendas

Final Remarks: Trafficking as Failed Migration

Annex 1: Questionnaire

Annex 2: Overview of data collected from Ukraine, Vietnam and Ghana

Bibliography

Legislation, Case Law, Resolutions and Policy Documents

Government Reports and Policy Statements

Sources from the United Nations System

International Organisation and Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Sources

Journals, Books and Other Sources

News Articles and Opinion Pieces

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-05683-3

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access