Coşkun, Emel, Williams, Lucy (2024) Ugandan women and sex trafficking in Istanbul. International Migration, 62 (4). pp. 111-124. ISSN 1468-2435. (doi:10.1111/imig.13285) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:106455)
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Abstract
AbstractThis paper demonstrates how the social construction of gender shapes women's migration choices and post‐migration experience using the example of Ugandan women migrants in Istanbul, Türkiye. Building on an ethnographic case study, we reveal how Ugandan women negotiate and find agency within oppressive structures that force them into debt, into “illegality”, and limit their opportunities for safe and dignified work. Our discussion critiques international regulations – the Palermo Protocol – and local structures including the Istanbul Police and Turkish policy on migration and prostitution. We show the complexity of relationships that impact women's lives and show how institutions fail to protect women leaving them vulnerable to harassment and sexual violence. We reflect on the experience of women of colour in Istanbul, simultaneously visible on the street yet invisible in voice and agency. Our work highlights the importance of an intersectional lens in the study of migration, il/legality, workplace abuse and trafficking into prostitution. It has broad implications for understanding how gender, class and racialization define migrants' options for mobility and self‐determination.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1111/imig.13285 |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2024 13:49 UTC |
Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2024 15:21 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/106455 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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