Tráfico sexual de mulheres: Representações sobre ilegalidade e vitimação o tráfico de seres humanos em geral, e de mulheres em particular, vem suscitando um interesse crescente por parte dos estados, das instâncias internacionais, das organizações não-governamentais, dos meios de comunicação social e, também, por parte da academia. a maior visibilidade conferida a este fenómeno tem-se traduzido, a nível nacional e internacional, em políticas de combate e prevenção cuja eficácia é discutível. Para tal contribui não apenas um desconhecimento das especificidades que o tráfico de mulheres assume, como também objectivos outros que podem estar na base da construção de tais políticas e que dificilmente vão ao encontro daquilo que são as subjectividades e expectativas das mulheres traficadas. neste artigo reflectimos sobre algumas das questões emergentes e ausentes no enquadramento legal do tráfico sexual de mulheres, recorrendo à realidade empírica do tráfico sexual em Portugal analisada no estudo Tráfico de mulheres em Portugal para fins de exploração sexual. 1 Palavras-chave: crime organizado; direitos da mulher; estudos sobre a mulher; feminismo; indústria do sexo; prostituição; tráfico de mulheres; tráfico de pessoas; violação dos direitos humanos.
Human trafficking in general and the trafficking of women in particular have been attracting increasing interest from states, international bodies, non-governmental organisations, the media and academia. The greater visibility conferred on this phenomenon has translated, on a national and international level, into policies designed to combat and prevent it, whose efficiency is debateable. This is the result not only of a lack of understanding of the specific features of the trafficking of women, but also of the fact that other objectives underlying the construction of these policies hardly meet the subjective needs and expectations of trafficked women. This article discusses some of the issues both emerging and absent from the legal framework for the sexual trafficking of women, with reference to the empirical situation of sexual trafficking in Portugal as analysed in the study Tráfico de mulheres em Portugal para fins de exploração sexual.
This paper documents recent changes in legislation and policies surrounding prostitution in Portugal while discussing the role played by sexual trafficking in the way prostitution is framed, institutionally and socially, in the country. In Portuguese legislation, prostitution has not been a crime per se since 1982, but activities related to prostitution, including pimping and benefitting from the prostitution of others, are considered crimes. This legal inconsistency is further complicated by the lack of specific policies addressing the living and working conditions of sex workers. At the same time, growing concern about sex trafficking has resulted in a new set of policies that ultimately influence the regulation of prostitution, in particular the prostitution of immigrant women. This paper shows that these sextrafficking-related policies and practices have contributed to creating idealized types of "victims" and investigates the risks and consequences of this typology.
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