canadian woman studies
les cahiers de la femme
Call for Papers cws/cf
Migration, Labour and Exploitation:
Trafficking in Women and Girls
Spring 2003 (Vol. 22, No. 4)
CWS/cf¹s Spring 2003 issue is committed to exploring the complex and global
questions surrounding trafficking and migration of women and girls for work
as live-in-caregivers, sex workers, indentured labourers, or for marriage.
This issue will provide analyses of the factors informing and promoting
women¹s migration, third-party enforcement and facilitation of such
migration and related issues of exploitation, vulnerability, and agency. We
welcome a diversity of analyses and frameworks for exploring and
understanding the phenomena of trafficking and facilitated migration. In
addition, we invite critical evaluations of both dominant
concepts/definitions of trafficking and the effectiveness and impact of
anti-trafficking initiatives, policies, and laws (including those of states,
international bodies, and NGOs) on the lives of migrant workers and sex
workers, and on migration, immigration, and migrant work. The focus will be
to suggest feminist, pro-women approaches that address and respect women¹s
fundamental human rights, including migrants¹ and sex workers¹ rights. This
issue will strive to provide a forum for dialogue regarding the various and
often contending feminist perspectives on both the material and discursive
dimensions of trafficking and migrant work. We strongly encourage
contributions from activists and grassroots women¹s organizations working in
these areas, and individuals with personal experience of these issues.
Articles are encouraged from Canada and abroad exploring, among other
topics:
€ the feminization of displacement
€ the root causes and relations of migration, trafficking and/or slavery
€ globalization and the exploitation of women¹s labour
€ anti-migrant discourses, including anti-smuggling and anti-trafficking
€ the political and socio-cultural dimensions of feminist movement and
governmental approaches to anti-trafficking campaigns and official practices
€ links between the related crises of displacement and migration and trade;
how free trade policies and globalization have affected women
€ race, class and gender dimensions of migrant and trafficked labour
(especially women¹s labour)
€ issues of agency and consent within nationalized and globalized labour
markets
€ the exploitation of children
€ links between labour exploitation and violence against women
€ health issues for migrant or trafficked women
€ undocumented labour migrations: a problem of organized crime or the
criminalization of migration?
€ the United Nations Protocol on Trafficking: implications and consequences
€ feminist analyses of Canadian and international NGOs anti-trafficking
discourses
€ women¹s migration and their human rights protection in countries of
destination
€ issues for immigrant live-in caregivers
€ issues for migrant sex-workers
€ ³mail-order brides² and marital economies
€ feminist strategies and provisions of remedies and redress for women
forced to labour
Your ideas for additional topics are welcome.
Invited are essays, research reports, true stories, poetry, and artwork that
illuminate these issues.
Deadline: February 28th, 2003
Articles should be typed, double-spaced, and a maximum of 12 pages long
(3000 words). A short (50 word) abstract of the article and a brief
biographical note must accompany each submission. If your manuscript has
been word-processed, please include a disk copy. We give preference to
previously unpublished material. If possible, submit graphics or photographs
to accompany your article. Please note CWS/cf reserves the right to edit
manuscripts with respect to length and clarity, and in conformity with our
house-style. To encourage use of the material published, CWS/cf has granted
electronic rights to Micromedia Ltd., Information Access (Canadian
Periodical Index). and H. Wilson and Co. Any royalties received will be used
by CWS/cf to assist the publication in disseminating its message.
Write or call as soon as possible indicating your intention to submit your
work.
Canadian Woman Studies, 212 Founders, York University, 4700 Keele St. North
York, ON M3J 1P3
Telephone: (416) 736-5356 Fax: (416) 736-5765 E-mail: cwscf@yorku.ca
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