Horinga, N.R. (2022) A feminist perspective on human trafficking: How the victimized migrant woman is reflected in Dutch anti-human trafficking policies. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
Human trafficking is a crime that occurs on a global scale, with tens of millions of trafficked persons a year. Most of these trafficked persons are sex trafficked. Therefore, a lot of efforts have been made on a global, international, and local scale to combat this crime. Policies and other means to combat especially sex trafficking are based on a certain idea of a “victim”. Research has pointed out that the victim narrative is inaccurate and harms the “victims” rather than helping them. This paper answers two questions: Who is the “sex trafficking victim” and what is her role in Dutch anti-human trafficking regulations? Through a conceptual and historical analysis, I conclude that the contemporary “sex trafficked victim” is portrayed as an innocent and helpless girl from the Global South who has been tricked into working in prostitution. This portrayal has led to the exclusion of women from the Global South from the legal Dutch sex industry, consequently making her vulnerable to force and coercion in sex work.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | McKeown, M.C. |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2022 09:33 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2022 09:33 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/117 |
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