Title |
Sexual slavery without borders: trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation in India
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Published in |
International Journal for Equity in Health, September 2008
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DOI | 10.1186/1475-9276-7-22 |
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Authors |
Christine Joffres, Edward Mills, Michel Joffres, Tinku Khanna, Harleen Walia, Darrin Grund |
Abstract |
Trafficking in women and children is a gross violation of human rights. However, this does not prevent an estimated 800 000 women and children to be trafficked each year across international borders. Eighty per cent of trafficked persons end in forced sex work. India has been identified as one of the Asian countries where trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation has reached alarming levels. While there is a considerable amount of internal trafficking from one state to another or within states, India has also emerged as a international supplier of trafficked women and children to the Gulf States and South East Asia, as well as a destination country for women and girls trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation from Nepal and Bangladesh. Trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation is a highly profitable and low risk business that preys on particularly vulnerable populations. This paper presents an overview of the trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation (CSE) in India; identifies the health impacts of CSE; and suggest strategies to respond to trafficking and related issues. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 25% |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 13% |
India | 1 | 13% |
Unknown | 4 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 8 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Chile | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
South Africa | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 140 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 17% |
Student > Master | 24 | 16% |
Student > Bachelor | 15 | 10% |
Researcher | 12 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 5% |
Other | 28 | 19% |
Unknown | 34 | 23% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Social Sciences | 49 | 34% |
Psychology | 16 | 11% |
Arts and Humanities | 15 | 10% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 9% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 3% |
Other | 13 | 9% |
Unknown | 36 | 25% |