Charnley, Helen and Nkhoma, Pearson. 2020. Moving beyond contemporary discourses: children, prostitution, modern slavery and human trafficking. Critical and Radical Social Work, 8(2), pp. 205-221. ISSN 2049-8608 [Article]

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The relationship between prostitution, modern slavery and human trafficking is much debated in the academic literature. By contrast, discussion of children’s involvement in prostitution as a form of modern slavery and human trafficking constitutes a silent consensus. Drawing on the findings of a participatory study with girls and young women in Malawi, we prize open that consensus, illuminating the poverty of contemporary discourses that link children’s involvement in prostitution with modern slavery and human trafficking, and identifying a series of tensions that confound the development of conceptual clarity. We develop our argument by exploring the potential of the capability approach, rooted in principles of social justice and human rights, to offer an alternative understanding of children’s engagement and ongoing involvement in prostitution, and a critical lens through which to reframe the relationship between children, prostitution, modern slavery and human trafficking.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020x15945756343791
Additional Information:	This is a post-peer-review pre-copy edited version of an article published in Critical and radical social work. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Charnley, Helen; Nkhoma, Pearson (2020). Moving beyond contemporary discourses: children, prostitution, modern slavery and human trafficking. Critical and Radical Social Work 8(2): 205-221 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020X15945756343791 Funding: The empirical study underpinning this article was funded by a Durham University doctoral studentship.
Keywords:	children; prostitution; slavery; participatory research; capability approach
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Social, Therapeutic & Community Engagement (STaCS) Social, Therapeutic & Community Engagement (STaCS) > Centre for Community Engagement Research
Dates:	Date Event 12 July 2020 Accepted 3 August 2020 Published Online August 2020 Published
Item ID:	34431
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2023 09:58
Last Modified:	04 Dec 2023 12:45
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/34431

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