Cadernos de Saude Publica
Volume 32, Issue 10, 2016

Concepts in women trafficking for sexual exploitation: A survey with institutional representatives in Brazil and Portugal [Concepções sobre o tráfico de mulheres para fins de exploração sexual: Um estudo com representantes institucionais no Brasil e em Portugal] [Concepciones sobre el tráfico de mujeres para fines de explotación sexual: Un estudio con representantes institucionales en Brasil y en Portugal] (Article) (Open Access)

Zúquete J.G.P.E.S.* , de Souza E.R. , Deslandes S.F.
  • a Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • b Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • c Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

This study focuses on concepts involved in women trafficking for sexual exploitation according to representatives of government and nongovernmental institutions working with policies to confront and prevent trafficking and assist victims in Brazil and Portugal. An exploratory qualitative study was performed to identify the institutional discourses on women trafficking using thematic analysis. Interviewees displayed conceptual imprecision concerning women trafficking, sometimes ignoring the rights of sex workers to migrate and work in other countries. There is no consensus among the institutions on the profile of trafficking victims, marked by stereotypes, and the definition is influenced by legislation and border controls. Greater conceptual precision would minimize the role of moral values, orient more adequate and efficient public policies, and facilitate staff action in assisting victims. © 2016, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Human trafficking Crime victims Sexual violence Women

Index Keywords

morality law Portugal human stereotypy consensus development sex worker qualitative research human rights Humans staff female Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics sexual exploitation prostitution human trafficking legislation and jurisprudence thematic analysis human experiment government Sex Work Brazil crime victim Crime Victims
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84992111035&doi=10.1590%2f0102-311X00075415&partnerID=40&md5=93ccf679f827335642bcafbbc6586304
DOI: 10.1590/0102-311X00075415
ISSN: 0102311X
Original Language: Portuguese