Original Language
English
ISBN
92-9068-207-8
Number of Pages
88
Date of upload

03 Oct 2015

Revisiting the Human Trafficking Paradigm: The Bangladesh Experience (Part I: Trafficking of Adults)

Human trafficking should be seen against a wide range of trafficking acts and outcomes that involve several stages, the important ones being associated with the organization of the supply of people vulnerable to exploitation and harm; the process of movement and the demand for the service or labour of trafficked person. To lend a comprehensive view of the trafficking in persons phenomenon, a group of development activists in Bangladesh decided to revisit the existing counter-trafficking interventions, laws, procedures and institutions. The Group's recurring informal dialogue culminated in a "Thematic Group" engaging in intensive discourses regarding the various aspects of trafficking. The group aimed to hold a regular and sustained dialogue involving all stakeholders, to develop a conceptual blueprint mapping out different elements of the counter-trafficking paradigm and to achieve conceptual clarity and build consensus on the counter-trafficking phenomenon. This publication is the outcome of the efforts of the 30 representatives from various embassies, development partners, ministries, NGOs, research organizations and civil society, who made up the "Bangladesh Counter-Trafficking Thematic Group".

  • Human Trafficking: Some Inconsistencies with the Sector's Present Definitions and Paradigm
  • Thematic Working Group Overview
  • The Adult Flowchart: An Overview
  • Defining and Addressing the Trafficking "Harm/Exploitation"
  • The Outcome of a Positive Migratory Process: A "No-harm" Situation
  • Overview of the Migratory Process as it Relates to Trafficking and Migration
  • Life After Leaving the Trafficking "Harm Environment"
  • Elements Related to Post-trafficking Events
  • Recovery and Integration of Survivors of Trafficking 
  • Second-Generation Thinking: What Next?