Women, human trafficking, and slave labour in conflict

Orly Maya Stern ()

Chapter 6 in Women and War Economies, 2025, pp 104-128 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Chapter 6 looks at human trafficking and slave labour in conflict. It describes the perpetrators of wartime trafficking and enslavement, explains the roles that armed actors play in this, and how this contributes both funds and labour to war economy endeavours. It explains why conflicts make people particularly vulnerable to trafficking and slavery, and how displacement increases this vulnerability. The chapter then looks at certain types of trafficking and slavery one often finds in conflicts and war economies, focussing on those that have women as victims, and in which armed actors play substantial parts – including sexual slavery, the abduction and forced marriage of women into armed groups, forced labour by armed groups, and the taking of women from conflict zones to sell abroad. Finally, this chapter looks at the parts that women play as perpetrators and collaborators in human trafficking operations.

Keywords: Trafficking in persons; War economy; Abduction; Enslavement; Armed groups; Women; Sex trafficking; Forced marriage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035316502
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