He invited me and didn't ask anything in return” Migration and Mobility as Vulnerabilities for Sexual Exploitation among Female Adolescents in Mexico

Bibliographic Data

ID9954491
AuthorsTeresita Rocha Jiménez (0000-0003-2455-2865, Center for Health and Gender Equity, corresponding author), Teresita Rocha‐Jimenez (University of California San Diego), Kimberly C Brouwer (0000-0003-2032-8452, University of California San Diego), Marissa Salazar (0000-0001-6935-9781, University of California San Diego), Sabrina C Boyce (0000-0001-9177-6063, University of California San Diego), Argentina E Servin (0000-0001-5523-7767, University of California San Diego), Shira M Goldenberg (0000-0003-1633-9749, University of California San Diego), Hugo Staines‐Orozco (0000-0001-5848-5854, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez México), Ricardo Vera-Monroy (Center for Health and Gender Equity), Ricardo B Vera‐Monroy (University of California San Diego), Jay G Silverman (0000-0001-9520-672X, University of California San Diego)
Year2017
Volume56
Issue2
Pages5-17
Publication date2017-03-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.12333
PMID33293733
OpenAlexW2597006556
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited30

Although human trafficking is recognized as a major human rights violation, there is limited evidence regarding the vulnerabilities that contribute to female adolescents' risk of being forced or coerced into the sex trade. Vulnerabilities such as gender-based violence, economic and social inequalities have been shown to shape the risk of sexual exploitation among adolescents. In-depth interviews (n=18) with current sex workers who reported being deceived or forced into the sex trade as adolescents (<17 years old) were analysed to explore their experiences of migration and mobility in Mexico. Driven by socio-economic and vulnerabilities in home communities, adolescents often engaged in internal migration and mobility to other Mexican communities and states. Migration and mobility further predisposed them to social isolation, economic hardship and abuse, which were used as tools to trick them into the sex trade. Policies that support safer migration for adolescents in origin, transit, and destination communities are needed

Computer security · Criminology · Demographic economics · Economics · Environmental health · Human rights · Human trafficking · Inequality · Isolation (microbiology · Poison control · Political science · Sex trafficking · Sexual abuse · Sexual violence · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Vulnerability (computing · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Sex work and related issues