Abstract
Background : sexual trafficking is a major issue affecting both developing and developed countries. Therefore, this study aimed to assess sexual trafficking and associated factors among female youths in Debre Berhan town, North Shewa, Ethiopia Methods: - Community based cross-sectional study was conducted by using systematic random sampling method of data collection from February 05 to April 10, 2019 from a total of 582 youth females. Result: Among the total of 582 study participants 300(52%) of the participants had awareness about sexual trafficking. Mother’s educational status; elementary [AOR=2.068, 95%CI(1.079-3.963)] and secondary[AOR=3.446, 95%CI(1.298-9.154)], parents’ occupational status ;governmental worker [AOR=2.2, 95%CI(1.02-4.747)], participants occupational status [AOR=6.203, 95% CI(1.099- 35.005)],having television at home [AOR=2.083, 95% CI(1.305-3.326)] and taking training on gender issues [AOR=3.887,95% CI: (2.591-5.832)] were independent predictors risk factors for awareness of sexual trafficking. Conclusion : In this study, sexual trafficking awareness among female youth was low. Mother education status, parents’ occupation, participant’s job, having television in home and taking training on gender issues were significantly associated with awareness of sexual trafficking. Therefore, accessibilities of education and information through the community have to be taken as strategy for enhancing awareness of sexual trafficking among youth. Keywords: Awareness, Sexual trafficking, Youth females DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/72-02 Publication date: March 31 st 2020
Highlights
Sexual trafficking is a contemporary public health issue of both developed and developing countries that violates human rights and has been described as a modern form of slavery [1]
The US Department of State reports that Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) even estimates that the 200,000 regular labour migrants in 2012 represent just 30 to 40% of all Ethiopians migrating to the Middle East, implicating that the remaining 60% to 70% are either sexually trafficked or smuggled with the facilitation of illegal brokers[7]
In multivariable binary logistic regression analysis, mothers’ education status, parents ‘occupation, current jobs of participant, having television in home and have taking training on gender issues were significantly associated with awareness of sexual trafficking with a p-value
Summary
Background: Sexual trafficking is a contemporary public health issue of both developed and developing countries that violates human rights and has been described as a modern form of slavery [1]. In Ethiopia, sexual trafficking mostly takes the form of transporting migrants by fraud, deception and different forms of coercion and it causes a number of serious problems, turning the hope of many young girls to tragedy [5]. The US Department of State reports that Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) even estimates that the 200,000 regular labour migrants in 2012 represent just 30 to 40% of all Ethiopians migrating to the Middle East, implicating that the remaining 60% to 70% are either sexually trafficked or smuggled with the facilitation of illegal brokers[7]. The ILO report of 2013 on migrant workers indicated that, one of the largest current international migration flows is Ethiopian women and girls migrating to the Middle East as domestic workers, which often occurs through trafficking. In recent times the number of sexually trafficked Ethiopian women to the Middle East has dramatically increased [8]
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