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This paper presents a historical overview of feminist frameworks for analysis and advocacy on human trafficking. It traces the major differences and similarities in the forms of knowledge produced since the Anti-White Slavery campaigns nearly two centuries ago. It highlights how institutional and moral considerations – especially concerning the treatment of the female body as an instrument – have played a role in shaping the conceptual possibilities and directions of politics for change. By tracing the epistemological and ethical tensions in the body of knowledge about human trafficking and the power relations involved in interpreting the question of human dignity and agency, the paper hopes to open new lines for debate and cooperation to address the varying interpretations of the use of force as well as the nature of human agency, decision-making and choice in the business of human trafficking. Attention is given to how, under the forces of globalisation, the unprecedented re-writing the human body, and sexuality (as a source of labour, sexual pleasure, and life itself) demands innovative ways for rethinking the relationship between "sex", "gender" and "power" – both in theoretical terms and as regards transnational social action.

Résumé Dans le présent article, l'auteur établit l'interface entre les migrations et la traite des êtres humains en Afrique subsaharienne sous le double angle de la gouvernance et de la pauvreté. Un trait saillant des cadres de gestion des migrations qui se dessinent est la conception implicitement double de la mobilité qu'ils véhiculent : si la mobilité liée au commerce est bien protégée par la réglementation publique, la mobilité liée à la recherche d'un moyen de subsistance est soumise à un système répressif où il est difficile de remédier au décalage entre l'interprétation juridique des droits de la personne et du bien-être humain et leur interprétation sociale. Il se peut que l'augmentation du nombre de femmes, d'enfants et de jeunes gens qui migrent, à la fois selon les pratiques traditionnelles ou en rupture avec celles-là, et dans des conditions risquées, reflète des transformations structurelles plus profondes que ne le reconnaissent communément les décideurs. Des réactions motivées par des considérations de droits humains ont contribué à la création de nouveaux cadres internationaux, régionaux et nationaux pour prévenir les pratiques brutales et spoliatrices face aux migrations. L'existence patente de divergences d'intérêts dans les diverses façons d'aborder tous les problèmes – gestion des migrations, lutte contre le crime, normes du travail, réduction de la pauvreté et besoins particuliers des communautés à risque – oblige à adopter un concept de bonnes pratiques propre à prendre en compte le rapport entre les formes dominantes du savoir social et le champ de la décision, afin de situer et résoudre, à différents niveaux de la gouvernance, les problèmes relatifs à la violation des droits et à leurs rapports mutuels.

This article explores the interface between migration and human trafficking in sub‐Saharan Africa fromthe two angles of governance and poverty. A salient feature in the emerging frameworks of migration management is its implicit bifurcated vision of mobility. Trade‐connected mobility is well protected by government rules whereas mobility to sustain livelihoods is subject to a punitive regime with a limited scope for resolving the discrepancy between the legal and social interpretations of human rights and well‐being. The rise of migration by women, children and young people within and outside traditional practices under risky conditions may reflect deeper structural transformations than are commonly acknowledged by policy‐makers. Reactions based on human rights concerns have contributed to new international, regional and national legislative frameworks for preventing abusive and exploitative practices in migration. The prevalence of glaring differences of interests in the variant policy approaches to all these issues – migration management, crime control, labour standards, poverty reduction and the particular needs of communities at risk – requires the concept of best practices to address the relationship between dominant forms of social knowledge and the policy field to situate and tackle issues of rights violation in different scales of governance and their interrelationships.

ABSTRACTTaking the work of Martha Nussbaum as one point of departure, this contribution addresses three questions related to capabilities theory: how it can reconcile its pursuit of universal ethical principles with a world of diversity; whether it can liberate itself from neoliberal discourse; and whether it can deal with compassion and care. The challenge for global justice is to gain universal acceptance through dialogue and mutual transformation between paradigms. This requires a modification of Eurocentric orientations in moral reasoning to overcome differences of epistemic practices.

This article explores the interface between migration and human trafficking in sub-Saharan Africa from the two angles of governance and poverty. A salient feature in the emerging frameworks of migration management is its implicit bifurcated vision of mobility. Trade-connected mobility is well protected by government rules whereas mobility to sustain livelihoods is subject to a punitive regime with a limited scope for resolving the discrepancy between the legal and social interpretations of human rights and well-being. The rise of migration by women, children and young people within and outside traditional practices under risky conditions may reflect deeper structural transformations than are commonly acknowledged by policy-makers. Reactions based on human rights concerns have contributed to new international, regional and national legislative frameworks for preventing abusive and exploitative practices in migration. The prevalence of glaring differences of interests in the variant policy approaches to all these issues - migration management, crime control, labour standards, poverty reduction and the particular needs of communities at risk - requires the concept of best practices to address the relationship between dominant forms of social knowledge and the policy field to situate and tackle issues of rights violation in different scales of governance and their interrelationships. Adapted from the source document.

The author raises queries about the Asian miracle as seen through a feminist lens. This lens is characterized by one major claim, i.e. that the social field of women's emancipation must transgress not only the realm of practices, but also the realm of problem definition and naming, i.e. the mental realm. She mainly addresses the context of four countries which have been classified as Asian NICs (South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore). (DÜI-Sen)