Modern Slavery in African Land: Situations of Trafficking Women from Ethiopia to Sudan

This study objects to explore the experiences of women who are victims of trafficking, and specializes in women from Ethiopia who are taken to the Sudan, particularly through the Metema trafficking route. The study demonstrates the way how the trafficking women victims were trapped by the web of the traffickers, the means of transportations, the manner of treatment throughout the trafficking process, and the forms of exploitations at the arrival point. Moreover, an endeavor is made in order to point out the human rights violations in the case of trafficking. The study is based on a critical research approach and on in-depth interviews. Moreover, it uses key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and conducts a vis-à-vis analysis of relevant literatures and secondary data sources in order to solicit the necessary information for the research.

Shewit Gebreegziabher is a lecturer at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia. The author has obtained a BED in Civics and Ethical Education from the Adama Science and Technology University in Ethiopia, and a master’s degree in Human Rights from the Addis Aba