'They Just Have to Adopt These Conventions’: Antichild Trafficking Policies and Politics in Nigeria
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2022
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Journal of Human Trafficking
Abstract
Child domestic workers are among those in need of rescue according to
popular discourse because they are often victims of exploitation. There are
a wide range of international policy documents and actors working to rescue
these children. Based on a study conducted in Nigeria, this article unpacks
the politics around existing policies and operations to rescue these children.
It argues that anti-trafficking policies are often accompanied with surveillance powers in ways that ‘rescue missions’ become more about meeting
‘global standards’—rather than what is relevant or problematic in local
settings. Intervention policies need to reflect and address local realities for
such UN Sustainable Development Goals as ending modern slavery, trafficking, and child labor and promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies to be
realized.
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child trafficking, Nigeria, International Resources, rescue, policy, intervention
Citation
Olayiwola, P. (2022). 'They Just Have to Adopt These Conventions’: Anti-child Trafficking Policies and Politics in Nigeria. Journal of Human Trafficking, 1-11.