Project Resource

The gendered impact of forced labor and trafficking in persons on fishing vessels: a technical brief

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Release Year
2021
Document Type
REPORT

This technical brief describes how forced labor and trafficking in persons on fishing vessels affects women, including both women fishers and women who share a household with male fishers. These effects include a lack of mobility and employment opportunities, and financial harm including poverty and debt bondage. A key finding of this report is that harmful labor practices do not harm only the individual fisher, but the entire family unit.

Project Topics
IMPACT OF EXPLOITATION
Reduced employment opportunities
LABOR ISSUES
Forced labor
Trafficking in persons (human trafficking)
Working conditions
VULNERABILITIES TO LABOR EXPLOITATION
Cultural norms
Gender inequalities
Economic Sector
AGRICULTURE
Fishing
Intervention Type
Research
Goods
Fish
Project
SAFE Seas
Grantee
Plan International
Author
Plan International
Language
English
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