Children in Exploitative Transition: Interface of Child Trafficking, Domestic Workers and Sexual Exploitation, a Case for Uganda Volume 4 - Issue 5

Kasirye Rogers¹* and Moses Kinobi²

• ¹BA Social work, MA, Human rights, MA Human Rights, Ph.D Candidate, Executive Director, Uganda
• ²BA Social work Senior Social Worker, Centre manager UYDEL, Masooli Rehabilitation Centre, Uganda

Received: March 06, 2021   Published: March 16, 2021

Corresponding author: Kasirye Rogers, BA Social work, MA, Human rights, MA Human Rights, Ph.D Candidate, Executive Director at Uganda

DOI: 10.32474/SJPBS.2021.04.000200

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Abstract

Transition in life for young people is taking another trajectory from the known trends and for Domestic Workers (DW) especially girls working as a maids in households less is reported about their transition when they have left domestic work. The descriptive study employed a convenient sample of youth 14-24 years who were withdrawn from transaction sex. A total of 250 girls participated in the survey. The findings revealed that upon return to their homes, the DW economic situation for most girls recruited does not change. The pressure to fend for themselves and family continues and this opens the door to transiting into transactional sex as an alternative for survival. Sexual exploitation of domestic workers comes with a lot of challenges and most times leaves girls worse off as suicide ideation, unresolved mental issues and substance use other high-risk sexual activities. Youth empowerment programs especially vocational skills, mental health and justice awareness interventions are urgently needed to address the economic and social quagmire these girls face at individual and family levels. Future studies need to target and explore the transitional issues of boys as former domestic workers as the information is still scanty.

Keywords: Trafficking; Domestic work; Sexual exploitation

Abstract| Introduction| Methods| Results| Trafficking and Movements of Children to Domestic Work Destination| Karaoke Groups and Child Sexual Exploitation| Problems Sexual Exploitation And In Karaoke Related Activities| Discussion| Implications of the Study| Conflict of Interest| References|