Transnational Road for Traffic: Analyzing Trafficking in Women From and Through Central and Eastern Europe

This article examines the trafficking of women and girls in Central and Eastern European countries. Grounding his approach in women's human rights, the author analyzes some of the causal factors of trafficking in this region against the backdrop of dramatic political and economic change. He ends with a discussion of international legislation concerning trafficking, and suggests that the law should develop to proactively enable women and promote their rights rather than focus solely on protection. In order for such a development, he notes that what is needed is a gendered analysis of the new economic and social structures in CEE that addresses the underlying secondary position of women. [Descriptors: Migration - Trafficking, International - Europe]