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Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur [on trafficking] underscored that the root causes of trafficking included poverty and a lack of economic opportunities in source countries, and also the high demand, on the part of middle- to high-income households, for cheap domestic work and commercial sexual services. [Para 16]
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Implementations
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Stakeholder SummaryPara 24) European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) indicated that, since 2018, the Bahamas had recorded 56 human trafficking incidents and an increase in female victims being transported to and/or transited through the Bahamas for sexual and domestic exploitation, particularly from non-English speaking countries. Para 37) JS1 reported that the Bahamas was plagued by gender-based violence which took various forms, including … sexual exploitation of girls, …Stakeholder SummaryUN CompilationUN CompilationPara 26) The Special Rapporteur on violence against women indicated that the economy of the Bahamas, largely dependent on tourism, left certain groups vulnerable to trafficking for sexual or labour exploitation. Para 48) CEDAW expressed concern about the number of children involved in child sexual abuse material.
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