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Trafficking in Women Forced Labor and Slavery-Like Practices in Marriage, Domestic Labour and Prostitution

Wijers, Marjan, and Lin Lap-Chew. 1997.
This book presents the results of an international investigation on trafficking in women for forced labor and slavery-like practices in the context of marriage, domestic labor and prostitution. It discusses the different types of trafficking and gives a comprehensive definition of trafficking. The authors trace and analyze the international legal framework on labor and human rights that directly or indirectly impacts on the issue of trafficking in women. It includes the Draft Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Trafficked Persons and the Global Alliance against Trafficking in Women's report to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.