1.2 million

Children are trafficked
every year (UNICEF, 2003)

2/3 of the victims

Are women forced into
commercial sex
(UNODC, 2009)

14 years old

Is the average age of
a trafficked victim
(A21 Campaign)

31.6 billion

Is the total market value of
sex trafficking (Geneva,
International Labour
Office, 2006)


Resources

To find out more about sex trafficking in Asia, you can refer to these resources from our partners. We will also frequently update this page to provide details and updates on upcoming events, as well as downloads of new research materials for our events and programme kits. Do email us if you find other sites with relevant information. Thanks!

     
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Unifem web portal Gender & HIV/ AIDS
UNIFEM, in collaboration with UNAIDS, has developed this comprehensive gender and HIV/AIDS web portal to provide up-to-date information on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The site aims promote understanding, knowledge sharing, and action...
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Trafficking in Persons, a Gender & Rights Perspective
Briefing kit
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM-East and Southeast Asia Regional Office, Bangkok) and the United Nations Inter-agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Mekong Sub-region are pleased to present this briefing kit....
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Full Report on Global Child Trafficking for Sexual Purposes
One of the most intolerable forms of violence is one perpetrated against our children. The criminals who are involved in trafficking children for sexual purposes inflict extreme violations...
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Sex-trafficking, Violence, Negotiating Skill, and HIV Infection in Brothel-based Sex Workers of Eastern India, Adjoining Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among brothel-based sex workers of West Bengal, Eastern India, to understand sex-trafficking, violence, negotiating skills, and HIV infection in them....
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Facts and Figures on Violence Against Women
Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime — with the abuser usually someone known to her…
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