Human Trafficking in South Africa: Root Causes and Recommendations
- Document number
- 1452
- Date
- 2007
- Title
- Human Trafficking in South Africa: Root Causes and Recommendations
- Author/publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Policy Paper Poverty Series n° 14.5 (E),
- Summary
- In South Africa, women and children make up the vast majority of the human trafficking chain whether for sexual exploitation or other forms of forced labour. This is a result of push factors that are rooted in poverty, inequality, discrimination and a lack of economic opportunity that provoke survival strategies exposing the most vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Pull factors include the huge economic differentials that make South Africa an alluring destination
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