Internal Child Trafficking in Nigeria: Transcending Legal Borders
| dc.contributor.author | Oluwaniyi, Oluwatoyin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-17T12:24:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-17T12:24:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This chapter explores the linkage between internal trafficking of children and their use as domestics in Lagos, Nigeria. The focus on child domestics is borne out of the triple tragedies they face, first as young children moved from their villages to the cities; face unbearable modes of transportation; stay within household that they are not used to; and suffer most abuses such as working long hours, poorly remunerated, and particularly vulnerable to sexual abuses within the households. Yet they remain silent and invisible while they suffer untold tragedies because scholarly works on them are scanty. This chapter opens up the phenomenon and explores various international and national legal documents aimed to protect them, evaluate challenges to policy implementation, and prescribes suggestions | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3715 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | CODESRIA | en_US |
| dc.title | Internal Child Trafficking in Nigeria: Transcending Legal Borders | en_US |
| dc.type | Book chapter | en_US |