Open AccessStructural Violence and Human Trafficking: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon
Author(s) -
Kathleen Hamill
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.41
Subject(s) - redress , human trafficking , oppression , receipt , human rights , context (archaeology) , vulnerability (computing) , political science , sex trafficking , domestic violence , criminology , business , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , sociology , computer security , law , politics , medicine , geography , accounting , archaeology , environmental health , computer science
Human trafficking and its link to migrant domestic labor in the Arab region is acomplex, sensitive, and challenging issue. It raises numerous questions and demands further exploration. Under international law human trafficking consists of the recruitment, transfer, or receipt of human beings by coercive or deceptive means for purposes of exploitation. This legal definition is relevant to migrant domestic workers, and the present analysis seeks to address human trafficking for labor exploitation in particular. The primary objective is to identify and analyze the key factors that make migrant domestic workers vulnerable to human trafficking within the specific context of Lebanon. These key factors include the sponsorship system, the recruitment process, and the lack of labor protection and legal redress; each one will be addressed in turn.In the process, the present analysis will also highlight structural violence that subjects migrant women to systemic oppression and increases their vulnerability to human trafficking.