To browse Academia. This report investigates the gender dimension of human trafficking, analyzing its unique implications, methodologies for understanding the issue, and proposing actionable recommendations. It covers existing literature, victim assistance examples across several European countries, and emphasizes the necessity for gender-specific strategies in combating trafficking, particularly in relation to emerging technologies and cyber aspects.
The findings advocate for enhanced representation and understanding of gender issues in trafficking, addressing intersecting inequalities to inform policy and practice.
The study addresses the five priorities of the EU Strategy: identifying, protecting, and assisting victims of trafficking; stepping up the prevention of trafficking in human beings; better law enforcement; enhanced coordination and cooperation among key actors and policy coherence; and increased knowledge of an effective response to emerging concerns.
This study, according to its terms of reference, aims to look specifically at the gender dimension of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The study identifies and draws on EU law and policy competence in gender equality in its identi cation of the gen- der dimensions of tra cking. The gender dimensions are clustered into five issues: gender specificity and equal treatment; gender expertise, gender balance in decision-making and gender mainstreaming; the relationship between prostitution and tra cking; gendered policy fields and strategic priorities; gendered systems and the theory of prevention.
In this article, the intersection of gender, trafficking for sexual exploitation, and use of digital communication technologies are analyzed based on data from the European Union EU. Over the past two decades, an increase in trafficking in human beings in the EU has been accompanied by an increase in the development and availability of digital communication technologies. The first statistical analysis of trafficking in human beings carried out by the European Commission found 23, victims of human trafficking in the reporting member states.
