Trafficking of women and girls for purposes of sexual exploitation across the globe is widely acknowledged as a leading criminal activity. Women of poor countries are particularly vulnerable to sex trafficking. This book identifies the patterns, causes and consequences of female sex trafficking in Nepal, Cambodia and the Philippines. Using empirical evidence this book illustrates the commonalities and the differences among the different countries and recommends that serious attention should be paid to location-specific dimensions of sex trafficking in designing anti-sex trafficking strategies.

Vidyamali Samarasinghe is a Professor in the School of International Service at American University in Washington DC. She is co-author of A Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka and co-editor of Women at the Center: Gender issues for the 1990s and Women at the Crossroads: A Sri Lankan Perspective.