Domestic ServitudeDomestic Servitude is labor trafficking where the victims work as maids, servants, housekeepers, or child-care givers; in many cases the duties overlap. It makes up the second highest incidence of forced labor in the U.S. Many of these women are tricked into domestic servitude by being promised education in America. Because the women are not able to pay the traffickers for the trip into the country, they are forced to work for little to no money. The absence of legal documentation prohibits the victims to gain courage and report the traffickers. Not only are the victims abused mentally and emotionally but also physically. In many cases the traffickers are men which brings more fear into the victims making it almost impossible to escape.
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Domestic ServitudeFight Slavery Now! (2010) Domestic Servitude. [online] Available at: http://fightslaverynow.org/why-fight-there-are-27-million-reasons/labortrafficking/domestic-servitude/ [Accessed: 15 Apr 2013].
Domestic Work | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day SlaveryOlivas, J. (1985) Domestic Work | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery. [online] Available at: http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/labor-trafficking-in-the-us/domestic-work [Accessed: 15 Apr 2013].
By: Cynthia Aparicio
Domestic ServitudeFight Slavery Now! (2010) Domestic Servitude. [online] Available at: http://fightslaverynow.org/why-fight-there-are-27-million-reasons/labortrafficking/domestic-servitude/ [Accessed: 15 Apr 2013].
Domestic Work | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day SlaveryOlivas, J. (1985) Domestic Work | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery. [online] Available at: http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/labor-trafficking-in-the-us/domestic-work [Accessed: 15 Apr 2013].
By: Cynthia Aparicio