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Abstract

The rapid propagation of COVID-19 has endangered people's lives, disturbed living conditions of individuals, and had an impact on education, health and legal systems, economies, and enterprises. The world economy has started to experience significant disruptions and moved towards a catastrophic crisis and an unprecedented financial collapse. Additionally, the pandemic has not merely exposed disparities but has also made them more severe. The majority of COVID-19's negative consequences are being felt by communities that are already disadvantaged, which is the case of communities in the sub-Saharan African and South Asian countries. The main goal of this dissertation is to examine the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on anti-trafficking efforts which means that this academic work will explore how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted and affected the effectiveness of the efforts to combat the crime of human trafficking, paying special attention in the sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia regions. To reach a conclusion, this academic work will incorporate gendered lens and will examine the already vulnerabilities and inequalities that existed and that were aggravated during the COVID-19 outbreak, then interpret the consequences that the Coronavirus pandemic had on the frontline organisations that combat trafficking in persons, and finally, will explore the new measures created by the frontline organisations to combat human trafficking during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to assist and protect the victims and those who are at great risk of exploitation. This dissertation found that the COVID-19 pandemic had catastrophic effects on the measures to reduce and eradicate human trafficking but, despite that, it can be argued that creative and adaptive measures emerged in order to try to minimise these consequences.

Course: International Relations and Politics - BA (Hons) - C0694

Date Deposited: 2024-01-12

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