The Trafficker Next Door – How Household Employers Exploit Domestic Workers - Rhacel Salazar Parreñas

The phrase “human trafficking” often conjures nightmarish images of sexual exploitation but Rhacel Salazar Parreñas reveals that the majority of trafficking victims are domestic workers—who suffer abuse at the hands of “ordinary” family employers. Drawing on twenty years of research across three continents, Parreñas exposes the grim realities faced by migrant workers ensnared in forced labour due to poverty and debt bondage. She uncovers how entrenched social and legal norms, coupled... Zobrazit více