"The Role of "Marriage Agencies" in the Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Women from the Former Soviet Union" by Donna M. Hughes, Dr.

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The Role of "Marriage Agencies" in the Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Women from the Former Soviet Union

International Review of Victimology (2004)

Donna M. Hughes, Dr., University of Rhode Island

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Abstract

Each year, tens of thousands of women leave the countries of the former Soviet Union for destinations all over the world. Driven by poverty, unemployment, and media images of Western lifestyles, women accept risky offers of employment and marriage in hope of finding a better life,

Keywords

trafficking in women,
Russia,
former Soviet Union,
marriage agencies

Disciplines

Criminology,
Gender and Sexuality,
Inequality and Stratification,
Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance and
Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

Publication Date

2004

Citation Information

Donna M. Hughes. "The Role of "Marriage Agencies" in the Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Women from the Former Soviet Union" International Review of Victimology Vol. 11 (2004)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/donna_hughes/10/