Mail-Order Brides in a Global World

This article discusses the mail-order bride industry in Canada and the United States. The author begins by summarizing the legal framework of the mail-order bride trade in both countries, focusing in particular on immigration law. She also outlines the various scenarios that await mail-order brides upon their arrival in North American, highlighting their vulnerability to human rights abuses. Factors that perpetuate the global mail-order bride trade such as inequalities between countries and international sexism are also examined. The author concludes with a serious of recommendations to improve the protection of migrant women's human rights. [Descriptors: Migration - Trafficking, International - North America]