How HIV/AIDS and human trafficking intersect, the push factors, and what can be done.

1. INTERSECTION OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND HIV/AIDS
Domestic and International
By Carol Fenton

2. Human Trafficking
“The
recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouri
ng or receipt of persons, by means of the
threat or use of force or other forms of
coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of
deception, of the abuse of power or of a
position of vulnerability or of the giving or
receiving of payments or benefits to achieve
the consent of a person having control over
another person, for the purpose of
exploitation". United Nations definition

3. Who is most at risk?
HIV/AIDS TRAFFICKING
• Persons who move • Members of
and work in high risk communities of
and/or exploitive families affected by
conditions are at HIV/AIDS are
risk of HIV/AIDS. under increased
pressure to earn a
living.

4. Domestic Push Factors
Homelessness Sexism
Racism Ableism
Classism
Homophobia Transphobia
Labor rights
Immigration policy Adultism
Reproductive rights

5. Global Push Factors
HIV/AIDS
Limited Access to
Untreated STI’s
Social Services
Poor Work Inadequate
Limited Work
Conditions Information
Trafficking Labor Migration Economic Crisis
Breakdown of Social
Social Inequities Poverty
Structure

6. Key Strategies
• A comprehensive rights-based approach that addresses
the often overlapping push factors associated with forced
labor, migration, sex work, HIV/AIDS and trafficking.
Examples:
• Comprehensive sexual health education
• Employment and vocational training
• Gender equity
• Migration management
• Strengthen policies and regulations for protecting the
rights of workers

7. Key Focus Areas
• Community
• Equity
• Inclusion

8. Carol Fenton
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References:
• The ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work
(http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/KD00015/lang--en/index.htm)
• Intersecting Risks: Child Labour and HIV/AIDS
(http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/ilo_2002_child_labour_aids_intersecting_r
isks_7.pdf)
• HIV, Gender, Race, Sexual Orientation, and Sex Work: A Qualitative Study of
Intersect
(http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.
1001124)