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Sexual enslavement of girls and women worldwide
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Sexual enslavement of girls and women worldwide

Author: Andrea Parrot; Nina Cummings
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Series: Practical and applied psychology.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The U.S. State Department estimates 800,000 victims, mostly women and children, are trafficked for sex trade across nations each year and millions more are trafficked within countries - including the U.S., Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands." "In this book, Parrot and Cummings outline the scope and growth of the sex slave market today and explain the history with various elements - economic, political, cultural,  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Andrea Parrot; Nina Cummings
ISBN: 9780275992910 0275992918
OCLC Number: 221154010
Description: xiv, 177 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The scope of the problem -- Conditions supporting sexual slavery -- Trafficking -- War-induced sexual slavery -- Ritual sexual slavery -- Forced marriage -- Sexual servitude -- Solutions : success stories and legislation -- Consequences of sexual slavery and trafficking of girls and women -- Initiatives to stop sexual slavery : international, national, and legislative.
Series Title: Practical and applied psychology.
Responsibility: Andrea Parrot and Nina Cummings.
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"The U.S. State Department estimates 800,000 victims, mostly women and children, are trafficked for sex trade across nations each year and millions more are trafficked within countries - including the U.S., Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands." "In this book, Parrot and Cummings outline the scope and growth of the sex slave market today and explain the history with various elements - economic, political, cultural, and religious - that make this trade difficult to fully expose, quell, combat, and shut down. We hear from girls and women around the world describing how sexual enslavement has tortured them physically emotionally and spiritually, whether they suffered at the hands of prison guards in Turkey, criminals in Washington, or buyers dealing with parents who sell their daughters for the sex slave trade in Greece, Belgium, or France. The authors also describe national and international efforts and legislation passed or in design to stop sex slavery. Successful countries and regions are spotlighted. Most important, Parrot and Cummings point out actions still needed to stop the sex slavery trade."--BOOK JACKET.

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