Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia

Millions of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers from South-Asia to West-Asia experience exploitative and unsafe conditions. We review evidence from literature and interview 18 key informants to assess the exploitation migrant women face, and highlight the impacts of past interventions to d...

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Main Authors: ElDidi, Hagar, van Biljon, Chloe, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Ratna, Nazmun N., Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Kilby, Patrick, Wu, Joyce, Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Informa UK Limited 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140296
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author ElDidi, Hagar
van Biljon, Chloe
Alvi, Muzna
Ringler, Claudia
Ratna, Nazmun N.
Abdulrahim, Sawsan
Kilby, Patrick
Wu, Joyce
Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin
author_browse Abdulrahim, Sawsan
Alvi, Muzna
Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin
ElDidi, Hagar
Kilby, Patrick
Ratna, Nazmun N.
Ringler, Claudia
Wu, Joyce
van Biljon, Chloe
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van Biljon, Chloe
Alvi, Muzna
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description Millions of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers from South-Asia to West-Asia experience exploitative and unsafe conditions. We review evidence from literature and interview 18 key informants to assess the exploitation migrant women face, and highlight the impacts of past interventions to determine their potential, and realised effectiveness, in reducing forced labour and trafficking. We find that women face varied precarious situations along the migration pathway, including interactions with recruiters in the home country, incurring debt, pre-departure formalities and training, withheld wages and mobility restrictions. We discuss varying degrees of success of mechanisms that aim to reduce vulnerability to forced labour.
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spelling CGSpace1402962025-10-26T13:01:54Z Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia ElDidi, Hagar van Biljon, Chloe Alvi, Muzna Ringler, Claudia Ratna, Nazmun N. Abdulrahim, Sawsan Kilby, Patrick Wu, Joyce Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin gender migrant labour vulnerability labour migration compulsory labour female labour women Millions of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers from South-Asia to West-Asia experience exploitative and unsafe conditions. We review evidence from literature and interview 18 key informants to assess the exploitation migrant women face, and highlight the impacts of past interventions to determine their potential, and realised effectiveness, in reducing forced labour and trafficking. We find that women face varied precarious situations along the migration pathway, including interactions with recruiters in the home country, incurring debt, pre-departure formalities and training, withheld wages and mobility restrictions. We discuss varying degrees of success of mechanisms that aim to reduce vulnerability to forced labour. 2023-02-17 2024-03-14T12:09:15Z 2024-03-14T12:09:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140296 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134673 https://www.t20italy.org/2021/09/22/reducing-vulnerability-and-precarity-of-low-skilled-women-in-short-term-migration-from-the-global-south-key-policy-recommendations-for-the-g-20/ Open Access Informa UK Limited ElDidi, Hagar; van Biljon, Chloe; Alvi, Muzna Fatima; Ringler, Claudia; Ratna, Nazmun; Abdulrahim, Sawsan; Kilby, Patrick; Wu, Joyce; and Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin. 2023. Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia. Development in Practice 33(2): 156-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2022.2059448
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migrant labour
vulnerability
labour
migration
compulsory labour
female labour
women
ElDidi, Hagar
van Biljon, Chloe
Alvi, Muzna
Ringler, Claudia
Ratna, Nazmun N.
Abdulrahim, Sawsan
Kilby, Patrick
Wu, Joyce
Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin
Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia
title Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia
title_full Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia
title_fullStr Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia
title_full_unstemmed Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia
title_short Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia
title_sort reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from south to west asia
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migrant labour
vulnerability
labour
migration
compulsory labour
female labour
women
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