Gender Dynamics of 'Human Trafficking

Migration from Cameroon to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States

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ID2309504
AuthorsJonathan Ngeh (0000-0002-5159-748X, University of Cologne, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume59
Issue7
Pages2243-2256
Publication date2024-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00219096241283656
OpenAlexW4403569082
LanguageEN
References cited25

This paper analyses 'human trafficking' with a focus on the unique vulnerabilities and experiences of Cameroonians who migrated to the Gulf Cooperation Council states to work, including those coerced into domestic roles. It critically examines 'human trafficking' as a migration category and scrutinises-related binaries. Ethnographic findings informed by the concept of 'infrastructural violence' indicate that exploitation is embedded in gendered macro-structures and institutions regulating labour migration, intersecting with micro-level interactions that either reinforce or mitigate the structural/institutional impacts. Furthermore, there are discrepancies between policy-induced migrant categories and migrants' navigation of multiple categories, undermining categorical rigidity

African studies · Criminology · Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Human trafficking · Irregular migration · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Sex work and related issues

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