Risk Factors:
-Poverty
-Minorities
-Gender
-Age
-Education
-Low Stratification
-Physical/Emotional Abuse
-Domestic Violence
-Minorities
-Gender
-Age
-Education
-Low Stratification
-Physical/Emotional Abuse
-Domestic Violence
Efforts must include both eliminating gender discrimination and curbing the demand for commercial sex. Gender inequality and discriminatory laws that trap women in poverty and fail to protect them from violence render them vulnerable to prostitution and trafficking. Women who lack access to resources, such as housing, land, property, and inheritance, are at
increased risk. Women and girls trafficked for prostitution are caught in cycles of sexual violence and assault. It is critical to implement legal safeguards for women and girls to alleviate poverty and create greater possibilities for non-exploitative options for girls and women.
Health Risk Factors:
-HIV/Aids -Suicide
-STD's -Depression
-Mal nutrition -Drug abuse/Addiction
-Pregnancy -Sleeping and eating disorders
-Fear/Anxiety -Depression/Mood Changes
-Guilt/Shame -Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
-Cultural shock from finding themselves in a strange country
-Pelvic pain, rectal trauma and urinary difficulties
-Chronic back, hearing, cardiovascular or respiratory problems from endless days toiling in dangerous agriculture, sweatshop or construction conditions
-Traumatic bonding with the trafficker
-STD's -Depression
-Mal nutrition -Drug abuse/Addiction
-Pregnancy -Sleeping and eating disorders
-Fear/Anxiety -Depression/Mood Changes
-Guilt/Shame -Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
-Cultural shock from finding themselves in a strange country
-Pelvic pain, rectal trauma and urinary difficulties
-Chronic back, hearing, cardiovascular or respiratory problems from endless days toiling in dangerous agriculture, sweatshop or construction conditions
-Traumatic bonding with the trafficker