Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
This article provides information on the efforts of Oxfam in addressing the problems of illegal trafficking of women in Asia. Oxfam in Nepal views the trafficking in women as an organized crime, which violates the fundamental rights of women. To this effect, Oxfam has developed a program that works at the community, district, regional, and national...
Published in Reproductive freedom news / from the Center for Reproductive Law & Policy
Sexual violence during armed conflict has been the primary concern in conferences and meetings of international organizations. It has been rightly viewed as a war crime and a violation of women's human rights. In the Economic Commission for Europe conference in January 2000, the issue was discussed extensively. For the part of the Center for Reprod...
Published in Gender issues
This article compares current concerns about "trafficking in women" with turn of the century discourses about "white slavery". It traces the emergence of narratives on "white slavery" and their reemergence in the moral panics and boundary crises of contemporary discourses on "trafficking in women". Drawing on historical analysis and contemporary re...
Published in Gender issues
A recent manifestation of the North/South, East/West political-economic divide is the international sex trade in women, of which trafficking in women for purposes of sexual employment is a large subset. Trafficking in humans in general, and women in particular, has taken center stage in many nation-states as an issue of a threat to national securit...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
The article reports on the occurrence of postcoital injuries in 91 women treated at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital between 1991 and 1997. Among the 91 women, 78 had been sexually abused under the cover of marriage; 9 were kidnapped with the intention of marriage, raped, and then discarded by their would-be husbands; and 4 were kidnapped and raped...
Published in Impact on HIV
This article discusses the issues and options in the prevention of trafficking of women and children in Asia. Studies revealed a higher prevalence of trafficking in Asian countries such as Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Cambodia, and Thailand. This is due to a huge population, growing urbanization, and poverty. Several programs by the gover...
Published in DHS+ dimensions : a biannual newsletter of the Demographic and Health Surveys project
Results of the 1998 Demographic and Health Survey in Nicaragua revealed high levels of domestic abuse. The study showed that 29% of ever-married women in Nicaragua have experienced at least one episode of physical or sexual violence; with higher levels reported among the less educated women, those living in urban areas and those with many children....
Published in Health for the millions
In India, violence against women is increasing and takes many forms while laws to protect women are ignored. Despite this fact, the new reproductive and child health program ignores sexual violence. Health personnel can respond by: 1) accepting the magnitude of the problem; 2) investigating the deaths of young women; 3) documenting findings; 4) ens...
Published in Violence against women
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between appraisals of blame, coping strategies, and current symptomatology among 299 female victims of non-stranger sexual assault. Data were collected through a revised version of the Sexual Experiences Survey, the Coping Strategies Scales, the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised, and an attributio...
Published in Sexual health exchange
Based on selected reports from the US, Germany, Egypt, South Africa, Swaziland, and Croatia, this paper presents evidence of the prevalence of and attitudes of people towards abuse. In the US, a nationwide survey of 6748 adolescents found that 25% of the girls had been physically or sexually abused or forced to have sex against their will. It also ...
