| This thesis is about the phenomenon of sex trafficking and more specifically its link to migration. Information is based on the analysis of primary sources, such as legislation, in the form of critical discourse analysis, and the analysis of secondary sources, in the form of texts written from the sociological, legal and political science perspectives, in the form of text analysis. Due to the complexity of the topic at hand a pluri-theoretical approach is employed which encompasses aspects of feminism, Marxism, post-colonialism and constructivism.;The research on this phenomenon is informed by numerous questions. How are sex trafficked women victimized? What leads women to find themselves within a situation of trafficking? Why and how does sex trafficking develop? And, how is sex trafficking approached by international law as well as Canadian policies? Is sex trafficking inherently tied to migration, more specifically women's inability to independently legally migrate?;We are left with a demonstration of the ways in which sex trafficked women are harmed, Canadian law and International policies related to trafficking and how the entire phenomenon can be tied to women's inability to independently, legally, migrate. Once we acknowledge that sex trafficking is linked to restrictive migration policies we may then begin to examine possible resolutions to eradicate trafficking. |
