Trafficking and Women's Rights

by Kenneth A. Loparo, J. Doomernik

Overview

Based on extensive research in Europe, and work by practitioners, academics and policy-makers, this book provides an innovative multidisciplinary approach to the debate on trafficking in women. It includes chapters on international and national law, policy models, NGO support, the role of economics and the need for a long-term prevention strategy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403949950
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/10/2006
Series:	Women's Rights in Europe
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

BRIDGET ANDERSON Senior Research Officer and Research Programme Head, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, UK JULIE BINDEL Freelance Journalist and Researcher, UK DONNA DICKENSON Professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London and Executive Director of the Birkbeck Advanced Studies Centre in the Humanities, UK YAKIN ERTÜRK Professor of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey ANNA MARIE GALLAGHER Consultant, Jesuit Refugee Service, Spain GIULIA GAROFALO Doctoral Researcher, School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies, University of East London, UK HELEEN DE JONGE VAN ELLEMEET Researcher, Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings, The Netherlands HELGA KONRAD Former Austrian Federal Minister for Women's Issues and OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Austria ILSE VAN LIEMPT Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Migration and Ethnic Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands JULIA O'CONNELL DAVIDSON Professor of Sociology, University of Nottingham, UK ADRIENNE REILLY Research Assistant, Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland MONIKA SMIT Senior Researcher, Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings, The Netherlands GILLIAN WYLIE Lecturer, Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Table of Contents

Series Foreword; Y.Ertürk Introduction; C.van den Anker & J.Doomernik The Trouble With 'Trafficking'; J.O'Connell Davidson Trafficking in Human Beings: Conceptual Dilemmas; I.van Liempt Philosophical Assumptions and Presumptions About Trafficking for Prostitution; D.Dickenson Towards a Political Economy of 'Trafficking'; G.Garafalo Doing the Impossible? Collecting Data on the Extent of Trafficking; G.Wylie Trafficking Legislation vs Slavery Legislation in Prosecuting the Crime of Female Sexual Slavery: The International Law Context; A.Reilly Trafficking in Human Beings: A Comparative Account of Legal Provisions for Combating Trafficking in Belgium, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden and the United States; H.Konrad The Dangers of False Distinctions Between Pornography, Prostitution and Trafficking; J.Bindel Triply Exploited: Female Victims of Trafficking Networks - Strategies for Pursuing Protection and Legal Status in Countries of Destination; A.M.Gallagher Trafficking in Women: A Cosmopolitan Approach to Long-Term Prevention; C.van den Anker The Globalisation, Migration and Trafficking Nexus: European Outcomes; J.Doomernik Trafficking for Exploitation Outside the Sex Industry; M.Smit & H.de Jonge van Ellemeet