Motherhood in the Context of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation

This book discusses motherhood of Nigerian and Romanian women in Italy and Romania, who are human trafficking victims for sexual purposes. It provides a broad gender approach to emerge on the phenomenon of human trafficking with an analytic perspective of all the social, cultural, legal and economic components that play an important role during all phases of motherhood. The book compares the motherhood of these two nationalities within a context of an illegal/legal status in the European territory. It reflects on the used terms of vulnerability, sexual exploitation, victim, resistance and resilience. This book enlightens scholars and students with a broad perspective on this complex phenomenon, understanding the intersectionality of the victims' features and its relation with the several push and pull factors that lead a human trafficking victim into vulnerability, resistance and resilience.

Presents an update of the recent events in Europe on human trafficking for sexual purposes within a broad framework Focuses on experiences of motherhood among victims of human trafficking, and more specifically on motherhood as a factor of vulnerability and resilience Contributes to a substantial comprehension of the phenomena by taking into account the context and the different actors during the several expoitative phases

Autorentext

Rafaela Pascoal is a Research Fellow in the Department of Culture and Societies at the University of Palermo. Rafaela finished her PhD at the University of Palermo with the thesis The vulnerability of Nigerian and Romanian women in sexual exploitation. Motherhood as a double vulnerability. She is also one of the Cofounders of the International Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Human Rights She has published several articles on the subject of Human Trafficking, Migration and Gender in Romanian, Portuguese and American Journals, as well as four book chapters. She has also presented several conferences in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Romania, Lithuania and Italy. Besides her work as an Academic, Rafaela has also worked seven years on the implementation of several transnational projects on the issue of migration and human trafficking.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The International Legal Framework on Human Trafficking.- Chapter 3. The Causes of Sexual Exploitation from Origin Countries of Destination Countries.- Chapter 4. Sexual Exploitation in the Destination Country.- Chapter 5. Motherhood of Nigerian and Romanian Women in Sexual Exploitation.- Chapter 6. Protection and Victim's Assistance.