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global macroeconomic trends

slavery

A book by Kara S that seeks to provide a business analysis of sex trafficking, focusing on the local drivers and global macroeconomic trends that gave rise to the industry after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Foreign Policy in Focus carried a review of the book by Ann Jordan, of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law.

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trafficking

This is a report of a meeting to discuss a research tool specifically designed to  assess this issue by measuring the impact of Human Rights & Trafficking  programmes and policies. Over the last few years the need for a human rights approach to trafficking in human beings has been increasingly recognised. Underlying this need are two concerns: 1.The lack of protection and assistance that current policies offer to trafficked persons, despite the fact that trafficking is generally recognised as a serious violation of human rights This report considers the denial of sex workers’ enjoyment of the right to health that results from the criminalization of

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migration

A London seminar will explore the relationship between migration, the sex industry and trafficking in the UK by presenting the findings of the ESRC-funded ‘Migrant Workers in the UK Sex Industry’, led by Dr Nick Mai, Institute for the Study of European Transformations at London Metropolitan University. MONDAY 31 OCTOBER 2011, 3pm to 6pm London Metropolitan University, Libeskind Building, 166-220 Holloway Road London N7 8DB Sex trafficking is widely seen as modern slavery. But, in her new book, Rutvica Andrijasevic shows that this labelling process is not as benevolent as it appears. This is a discussion paper prepared for the 1st

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mobility

Article in the Int J STD AIDS 2010;21:746-751. This is a discussion paper prepared for the 1st Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation on HIV and Sex Work, 12 – 15 October 2010 in Pattaya, Thailand. Among its recommendations are:  Contents Part 1 Introduction   Who is involved in Sex Work?   An interview by Elaine Murphy and Karin Ringheim in Reproductive Health and Rights – Reaching the Hardly Reached. pp. 13-15. This report was published by PATH. Article by Doezema J in Social & Legal Studies, Vol. 14, No. 1, 61-89 (2005). A book by Kara S that seeks to provide

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