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Following
the Money:
Spending
on Anti-Trafficking
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Issue
3 of the Anti-Trafficking
Review focuses on money trails in the
anti-trafficking sector, and is the first of its kind as to date there has
been no research on how much is spent combating the human rights abuses
that amount to human trafficking. This themed issue looks at money trails
that reveal how anti-trafficking money has changed the world for the better
or for worse.
Trafficked persons do not always benefit from money flows
aimed in their direction, or indeed may suffer as a result of
anti-trafficking spending. In addition, politics behind anti-trafficking
money abound, and recipient organisations wonder whether they should take
'tied' funds or funds with ideological, geographical or other restrictions.
In recent years governments have rushed to spend money on a range of poorly
designed initiatives in the hope of avoiding or moving out of a low ranking
in the US government's yearly Trafficking in Persons Report.
Published
by the Global
Alliance Against Traffic in Women, the Anti-Trafficking
Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal that
promotes a human rights based approach to anti-trafficking, and offers a
space for dialogue for those seeking to communicate new ideas and findings.
The journal is an open source publication with a readership in 78
countries.
www.antitraffickingreview.org
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