Preventing Sex Trafficking and Re-Trafficking of Women in Ukraine and Thailand

This research is about the trafficking of women for the purpose of sexual exploitation, which is also known as sexual slavery. It aims to explore the factors which shape women's choices and how they enter the trafficking situation in order to contribute to the current knowledge base on how to prevent sex trafficking and re-trafficking.

According to Kathleen Berry, a famous activist and author, 'pimping' is 'the oldest profession and not prostitution'. Popular discourse has it that those working in the sex industry are there by choice, but as people go through our day-to-day routines, sex trafficking is resulting in 'years of bondage, violent abuse and sometimes even death' (UNDP, 2009: 102) for countless women around the world. What is sex trafficking?

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