Different factors help to explain why women and girls are more vulnerable to human trafficking and slavery. Power imbalances between women and men may mean that women are vulnerable to exploitation. Sometimes, women are trafficked under the guise of being provided with a new job in another country.
Young women and children may be trafficked or forced into slavery to meet the debts of their family. Men and boys are also vulnerable to labour trafficking – though for different reasons. Often cultural expectations place sole responsibility for earning income upon men, so they bear the burden to ensure their families are provided for. The pressure and lure of increasing income in surrounding countries might force men and boys into situations where they are exploited by powerful employers.
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