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dc.contributor.authorHerzfeld, Beth*
dc.contributor.editorMasika, Rachelen
dc.contributor.editorWilliams, Suzanneen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T10:11:30Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T10:11:30Zen
dc.date.issued2002-03-01en
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552070215898en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/131470en
dc.descriptionFor many people, the word slavery conjures up images from history - of the transatlantic slave trade, the practice of buying and selling people that the modern world is supposed to have left behind, and of the 19th century abolitionist movement. But the reality is that not only does slavery exist today, it is expanding. An estimated 27 million women, children, and men are currently enslaved around the world (Bales ,1999): Eastern European women are bonded into prostitution in Western Europe; children are trafficked between West African countries; and men are forced to work as slaves on Brazilian agricultural estates. Contemporary slavery can affect people of any age, sex, or race on every continent and in most countries. This article is an introduction to what constitutes slavery. It focuses on bonded labour (the most widespread form of slavery today), and on the worst forms of child labour. It provides examples of the way in which socially constructed expectations can increase women's and children's vulnerability to slavery-like practices. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.en
dc.format.extent6en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/slavery-and-gender-womens-double-exploitation-131470
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectRights
dc.titleSlavery and gender: women's double exploitationen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221en
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countryBrazilen
oxfam.subject.keywordGender and Development Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordGaD
prism.issuenameTrafficking and Slaveryen
prism.number1en
prism.volume10en
dc.year.issuedate2002en


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