An Anthropological Study on New Lifestyle of Trafficked Females: The Case of Bangladesh

Abstract

Human Trafficking includes the transportation of persons for the aim of
labor or services (or matrimony) for different forceful activities, a common
phenomenon in Bangladesh. Women and children - especially female
children - are most vulnerable; as are rural-urban migrants and
indigenous people. Different causes lay at the source of this high-profit,
low penalty business. Trafficking occurs not only internally in Bangladesh
but also foreign destinations like India, Pakistan, Europe, America, and
other parts of the planet. No exact figures are available thanks to the
variability and therefore the nature of this criminal business. Although both
the Bangladeshi government and other national and international
organizations try to combat this inhuman business, the progress rate is
nearly insignificant. At present, the Rohingya people also are affected. Like
other social scientists, anthropologists try to specialize in the trafficking
phenomena through in-depth and holistic perspectives wherein particular
the cultural factors of trafficked persons are studied. An effort has been
made in this article to explain the new lifestyle of trafficked females in/from
Bangladesh. The paper follows an anthropological perspective and,
although a spread of things is taken under consideration, it's perhaps not
as comprehensive as it should be.