Gender, trafficking, and slavery examines the operations of trafficking and other kinds of 'modern-day' slavery, from a gender perspective. It explores the relationships between gender, poverty, conflict, and globalisation that are driving today's slave trade. The authors provide an overview of what trafficking and slavery are, their magnitude, and their complexity. They analyse and assess the attempts of development and human rights organisations to support those at risk, to create alternative livelihood options for them and to help those who escape to rebuild their lives.
This collection of articles is drawn from the Ninth International Forum on globalisation of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). The articles, taken from key presentations at the forum, cover a range of specific issues of worldwide concern. These include maternal mortality and the Millennium Development Goals, the international scourge of AIDS, escalating trafficking and sexual slavery, fundamentalism and its threat to women's human rights, and feminist concerns about new reproductive technologies.