Journal Citation:
12 WILLIAM AND MARY JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND THE LAW, 437-465 (2006).
This article discusses the need for women's participation in peace processes in order to eliminate trafficking. It begins with an analysis of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. The authors discuss the disparate effect of armed conflict on women and children and the role that domestic and foreign militaries play in perpetuating trafficking in conflict situations. They also examine the maintenance of the trafficking industry in post-conflict times and the complicity of military and UN peacekeeping bodies. They argue that excluding women from peace processes sustains trafficking as peace accords and post-conflict laws grant immunity to those who traffick and sexually exploit women. They argue that it is therefore essential for women's participation in peace processes to address the gender crimes committed during war-time. They end by discussing how growing militarization of the world and the War on Terror have perpetuated trafficking beyond typical armed conflict situations. [Descriptors: Migration - Trafficking, International]