Exploitation And Trafficking Of Women: Critiquing Narratives During The London Olympics
- Document number
- 3011
- Date
- 2013
- Title
- Exploitation And Trafficking Of Women: Critiquing Narratives During The London Olympics
- Author/publisher
- CAWN
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- human trafficking, migration, exploitation, human rights, sex work, London Olympics, sports events, South America
- Summary
The report has been commissioned to inform the Central America Women's Network (CAWN) work around the role of civil society and the media in shaping public understanding of the different forms of exploitation experienced by women, in particular migrant women, in the context of major sporting events.
The study draws up recommendations based on the experience of the London Olympics that can be applied to other forthcoming major sporting events.
CAWN believes that the problem of trafficking and exploitation of migrant women is a global problem requiring a global response. Policies and actions to address this problem should be guided by the findings of evidence-based research exploring the impact of global trade agreements, structural adjustment and austerity measures, and the labour practices of transnational corporations on women’s economic rights, migration patterns and trafficking of women.
‘Exploitation and Trafficking of Women’ calls for more robust narratives that recognize the complex and multi-faceted nature of the problems linked to trafficking and migration and an analysis that takes account of all the intersecting issues that affect migration and security issues, prostitution and sex-work and issues of international organized crime.