United Kingdom Tanzania X X X Domestic servitude Other European Middle East Forced labor Southern Sudan (mostly Sexual exploitation abducted by the rebel Cooking group known as Lord Pottering Resistance Army) Kenya Agricultural work Uganda X X Middle East Combatant Europe and North Sex slavery America Forced marriage Middle East (particularly Lebanon) Egypt Forced labor South Africa Ethiopia Sexual exploitation Kenya X X Domestic servitude Libya Somalia Sudan and Djibouti Key of Abbreviations: S=Source Countries, T=Transit Countries, D=Destination Countries, M=Men, W=Women and Ch=Children. Source: International Organization for Migration The National Context of Trafficking in Women Looking it from national perspective, Ethiopia is a source country for young women who are subjected to forced labor and sexual exploitation in various destination countries around the globe. As a matter of fact, thousands of Ethiopian women are trafficked each year through the sky, desert and ocean slayer routs, largely for domestic servitude to the Middle East and the Gulf States as well as to neighboring countries including Djibouti, Kenya, Sudan and Tanzania. The trafficking purposes are different, while majority of the women are trafficked for domestic labor, a small percentage of these women seem to end up in the sex trade after arriving in the countries of destination. There are reports indicating that up to 1,000 women leave the country every month to find jobs as domestic workers abroad. In other words, around 12,000 Ethiopian women are annually
Tanzania X X X Domestic servitude United Kingdom Other European Middle East Uganda X X Forced labor Sexual exploitation Cooking Pottering Agricultural work Combatant Sex slavery Forced marriage Southern Sudan (mostly abducted by the rebel group known as Lord Resistance Army) Kenya Middle East Europe and North America Ethiopia X X Forced labor Sexual exploitation Domestic servitude Middle East (particularly Lebanon) Egypt South Africa Kenya Libya Somalia Sudan and Djibouti Key of Abbreviations: S=Source Countries, T=Transit Countries, D=Destination Countries, M=Men, W=Women and Ch=Children. Source: International Organization for Migration The National Context of Trafficking in Women Looking it from national perspective, Ethiopia is a source country for young women who are subjected to forced labor and sexual exploitation in various destination countries around the globe. As a matter of fact, thousands of Ethiopian women are trafficked each year through the sky, desert and ocean slayer routs, largely for domestic servitude to the Middle East and the Gulf States as well as to neighboring countries including Djibouti, Kenya, Sudan and Tanzania. The trafficking purposes are different, while majority of the women are trafficked for domestic labor, a small percentage of these women seem to end up in the sex trade after arriving in the countries of destination. There are reports indicating that up to 1,000 women leave the country every month to find jobs as domestic workers abroad. In other words, around 12,000 Ethiopian women are annually
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