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Children for sale: Child trafficking in Southeast Asia
Author(s) -
Rafferty Yvonne
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/car.1009
Subject(s) - poverty , ethnic group , inequality , child abuse , southeast asia , human trafficking , criminology , political science , poverty level , human factors and ergonomics , economic growth , psychology , poison control , development economics , sociology , medicine , law , environmental health , economics , mathematical analysis , ethnology , mathematics
The paper provides an overview of child trafficking in Southeast Asia. It highlights human rights and international laws relevant to this egregious form of child abuse. It describes the experiences of the young victims and the consequences for their physical and emotional well‐being. It reviews the risk factors at the level of the community setting (poverty and economic inequality), the child and his/her family (gender, age, race/ethnicity, family functioning, education) and broader contextual variables at the macro level (gender inequality and discrimination, demand factors). Finally, it presents recommendations for legal and policy initiatives to cease the sale and exploitation of children. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.