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The Demand Side of Trafficking? A Multi-Country Pilot Study

Document number
1886
Date
undated
Title
The Demand Side of Trafficking? A Multi-Country Pilot Study
Author/publisher
Bridget Anderson, (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford) and Julia O’Connell Davidson (School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham).
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Victims (of trafficking), Trafficked persons, Criminal proceedings; Legal assistance, Civil Law Suit, Human trafficking cases, Compensation, National Referral Mechanisms; Victim support services; Restitution; Remuneration; Individual complaint mechanisms;
Summary
This paper reports some of the findings of multi-country pilot research on the demand side of two sectors in which it is known that the labour/services of trafficked persons are sometimes exploited: prostitution and domestic work. The Terms of Reference identified the project’s three main aims as:
a) To explore various factors shaping patterns of demand for domestic labour and sexual services in some selected countries in Asia and Europe, paying particular attention to the demand for especially vulnerable workers;
b) To pilot methodologies which can be applied in future research on the demand aspects of trafficking;
c) To contribute to network- and capacity building among researchers, officials and activists involved in anti-trafficking work.
The study initially set out to explore the demand for migrant sex and domestic workers in four countries: Sweden, Italy, Thailand, and India
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