Russell, AM (2014) “Victims of trafficking”: the feminisation of poverty and migration in the gendered narratives of human trafficking. Societies, 4 (4). 532 - 548. ISSN 2075-4698
Abstract
This paper argues that the feminisation of migration has heightened the awareness of human trafficking, yet the feminisation of poverty is a social concept that is yet to be fully understood within the context of human trafficking. The false notion of “return” has been given as a solution to those individuals who are “out of place” or have been displaced as “victims of trafficking”. This article will discuss the Right to Remain visa applications of 12 women who were trafficked from post-Soviet countries to Israel, by examining the impact that gender, level of poverty and each woman’s decision to migrate has had on her life. In addition, this article will analyse the life experiences of the 12 women who experienced human trafficking. It will explore the idea that each woman is a “victim of trafficking” and that, conversely, this may be understood as a means to negate a more nuanced understanding of women’s mobility. Finally, this article will provide an intersectional analysis of trafficking flows in the world today.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 by the author; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | trafficking; slavery; gender; inequalities; poverty; migration |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2014 16:26 |
Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2022 15:02 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc4040532 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/soc4040532 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:81055 |