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sexual slavery

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Form of sexual exploitation of individuals through the use or threat of force, often occurring in times of armed conflict or belligerent occupation.

Sources

United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary forms of Slavery (n.d.). The Human Faces of Modern Slavery

Ryšiai

Related term:
violence against women and girls in armed conflict
Broader term:
trafficking in human beings
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1382?lang=en
Filed under: 
Governance
International affairs

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.