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The Intersectional Discrimination of Gender Violence Due to Gender and Race
The Intersectional Discrimination of Gender Violence Due to Gender and Race
Abstract Submissions Closed
Saturday, 27 February 2021: 10:45-12:15
Location:
RC32 Women, Gender and Society (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
The combined effects of racism and gender discrimination on migrant women, especially women of colour have legitimised the criminalisation of trafficked victims. This phenomenon is known as intersectional discrimination. At the destination countries, most international actors are more interested in stemming illegal immigration, and therefore consider trafficking cases as an illegal migration issue. In other words, the trafficked victim is considered a criminal and as such treated as one. The law and order approach to victims of trafficking from regions that are well known for human smuggling and human trafficking is usually criminalised. It is easier to criminalise victims of trafficking as the government of the destination countries do not have to waste resources for rehabilitation. However, once a trafficked victim is charged with prostitution or any criminal offence such as illegal migration, the victim is forced to plead guilty to the charges rather than reveal information that can be used in prosecuting the human traffickers. They blame the victim and the victim’s gender and race. This session is seeking papers that examine the relationship between racism, patriarchy, economic disadvantages and other discriminatory systems that contribute to create layers of inequality, which construct the relative positions of women and men, races and other trafficked groups.
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