Sex Trafficking and Human Rights: The Status of Women and State Responses

by Heather M Smith-Cannoy, Patricia C. Rodda, Heather Smith-Cannoy, et al.

Book Overview

Case studies explore how women's rights shape state responses to sex trafficking and show how politically empowering women can help prevent and combat human trafficking

Human trafficking for the sex trade is a form of modern-day slavery that ensnares thousands of victims each year, disproportionately affecting women and girls. While the international community has developed an impressive edifice of human rights law, these laws are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647122619
• ISBN13: 9781647122614
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher