Term:
Trafficking in women and girls
Definition:

Illicit and clandestine movement of persons across national and international borders with the end goal of forcing women and girl-children into sexually or economically oppressive and exploitative situations for the profit of recruiters, traffickers, crime syndicates as well as other illegal activities related to trafficking such as forced domestic labour, false marriage, clandestine employment and forced adoption.

Domain:
Gender
Source:
UNWomen
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