Anti-trafficking Policies, Practices and Politics in West Africa
1:00pm - 2:00pm /
Wednesday 5th October 2022
Type: Seminar /
Category: Research
- Dr Chelsea Johnson
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Anti-trafficking Policies, Practices and Politics in West Africa with Peter Olayiwola, as part of the UoL Politics Research Seminar Series.
Peter Olayiwola - Lecturer in Politics of Immigration, Anti-trafficking and Modern Slavery
Anti-trafficking Policies, Practices and Politics in West Africa
Child domestic workers are among those in need of rescue according to popular discourse because they are often victims of different kinds of exploitation. There is a wide range of international policy documents and actors working to rescue these children. Based on a study conducted in Nigeria, this paper unpacks the politics around existing policies and operations to rescue these children. It argues that anti-trafficking policies are often accompanied with surveillant powers in ways that ‘rescue missions’ become more about meeting ‘global standards’- rather than what is relevant or problematic in local settings. Intervention policies need to reflect and address local realities for such UN Sustainable Development Goals as ending modern slavery, trafficking and child labour, and promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies to be realised.
Peter Olayiwola is a lecturer in the politics of Immigration, Anti-trafficking and Modern Slavery at the University of Liverpool. His research interests include migration, trafficking, poverty, inequalities, and qualitative research methods. He has also been involved in projects examining the challenges of achieving such Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as eliminating all forms of modern slavery and child labour.
Peter Olayiwola - Lecturer in Politics of Immigration, Anti-trafficking and Modern Slavery
Anti-trafficking Policies, Practices and Politics in West Africa
Child domestic workers are among those in need of rescue according to popular discourse because they are often victims of different kinds of exploitation. There is a wide range of international policy documents and actors working to rescue these children. Based on a study conducted in Nigeria, this paper unpacks the politics around existing policies and operations to rescue these children. It argues that anti-trafficking policies are often accompanied with surveillant powers in ways that ‘rescue missions’ become more about meeting ‘global standards’- rather than what is relevant or problematic in local settings. Intervention policies need to reflect and address local realities for such UN Sustainable Development Goals as ending modern slavery, trafficking and child labour, and promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies to be realised.
Peter Olayiwola is a lecturer in the politics of Immigration, Anti-trafficking and Modern Slavery at the University of Liverpool. His research interests include migration, trafficking, poverty, inequalities, and qualitative research methods. He has also been involved in projects examining the challenges of achieving such Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as eliminating all forms of modern slavery and child labour.