Tráfico de mulheres para exploração sexual na Fronteira da Paz

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the context of the Brazilian region Fronteira da Paz (Peace Borderlands) concerning the sexual exploitation of women victims of human trafficking. As for the research's problem, the question proposed is: Which is the situation lived by women victimized by human trafficking for sexual exploitation and which is the state's structure for the victims’ protection? The hypothesis aims for a consideration on the impacts of structural aspects of capitalism for the incidence of women trafficking at the Brazilian region Fronteira da Paz. Additionally, the flaws of the state's institutions touching female bodies and how they structurally reproduce patriarchal logics. Some theoretical concepts are studied, such as the Feminization of Poverty, the Social Reproductive Labor, the Marginalization of Prostitution and the specificities regarding the life of the borderland's women. The development makes a legislative analysis of an international legal instrument, the Palermo Protocol, and a national legal instrument, the law 13.344. Some data on human trafficking in Brazil is then studied, building methods to overcome the challenges set by the lack of information sources. The theoretical discussion is done through a bibliographical revision of authors from feminist movements, informing the empirical research and vice versa. In the last stage, through the interviews, the Brazilian institutions for justice and public security are investigated. This stage seeks for a bigger picture on which is the existing structure for the protection, prevention and combat of human trafficking in the region. The methods adopted were informed by the 'difference feminism'. Avoiding the creation of a single story, multiple voices of authors coming from the capitalism margins are privileged. This method doesn't comply with neutrality. It positions this work on the struggle against the oppression that causes the exploitation of female bodies in each and every dimension. The final considerations are that the feminist thoughts are essential for the exposition of new nuances and textures to the juridical debate. The feminisms, through the confrontation of the available answers, open doors for a new possible world. The empirical stage reflected the information contained in the reports and demonstrated that an advanced legislation is not enough to face women trafficking. The research perceived that Brazil is absent at the Fronteira da Paz region, doesn't fulfill the minimum orientations from International Law and neglects its protection role of the marginalized populations. There is no specific structure, cooperation initiatives, nor at least enough data for an effective problem mapping