Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Invisible Victims: Sexual Exploitation And Trafficking Of Women In Mexico • SJS

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Sex trafficking is now recognized as a global public health issue. Our study in Mexico has identified that trafficking of women for the purpose of sexual exploitation is highly associated with health risks such as psychological trauma, injuries from violence, sexually transmitted infections, HIV and AIDS, other adverse reproductive health outcomes, and substance misuse. Apart from that, we have seen from the study that trafficked women experienced a wide range of health problems, for example, frequent fever, back pain, stomach pain and sleep disorder (Acharya, 2014).

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http://www.socialjusticesolutions.org/2014/07/14/invisible-victums-sexual-exploitation-trafficking-women-mexico/

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