title: Women trafficking: causes, concerns, care!
abstract: Pakistan is both a country of origin and destination as far as women trafficking is concerned. Poverty, gender discrimination, lack of education, and ignorance about legal rights are some of the underlying causes. Available data suggest several areas of concern, like, for instance: direct health effects, maladaptive coping leading to the use of illicit drugs, and inaccessibility to healthcare facilities. Therefore, numerous interventions would be required at three levels: the prevention of trafficking, the protection of victims and the prosecution of the traffickers.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. shaneela.khowaja@aku.edu
authors.forename: Shaneela Sadaruddin
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Khowaja
authors.forename: Ambreen Jawed
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tharani
authors.forename: Ajmal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agha
authors.forename: Rozina Sherali
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Karamaliani
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime / Q000208:ethnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement / Q000379:methods*; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011203:Poverty; D012919:Social Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors