Trafficking of Brazilian women for sexual exploitation in Portugal and Intersectionality: A case study

Abstract

This paper discusses the phenomenona of trafficking in women for sexual exploitation, using as reference the intersectionality theory. Based on a case study, we analyze the experiences of a brazilian woman victim of human trafficking. The evidences found in this study clarify what the literature points out regarding the association between social structural conditions of inequality and vulnerability to trafficking for sexual exploitation.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v24i2.312