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- Title
Red Light Refracted: Impacts of COVID-19 on Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Maharashtra, India.
- Authors
Keaveney, Erika; Iyer, Mithila; Xiran Liu; Jackson, Rachael; Kysia, Kareem
- Abstract
NORC conducted a mixed-methods rapid assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) in Maharashtra, India, with funding from the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS). Findings show that while demand for commercial sex has dropped since the start of the pandemic, vulnerability to CSE has increased and there is early evidence that this supply-demand gap is leading to deflation in the price of sex. With a larger pool of potential victims and low demand, price deflation may lead to poorer living conditions and heightened abuse of victims. Furthermore, the pandemic is accelerating shifts in the channels through which people buy and sell sex, making CSE harder to identify and shut down over the longer-term.
- Subjects
MAHARASHTRA (India); INDIA; SEX crimes; COVID-19; PRICE deflation; SUPPLY &; demand; CHILD trafficking; PANDEMICS
- Publication
Journal of Modern Slavery: A Multidisciplinary Exploration of Human Trafficking Solutions, 2021, Vol 6, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
2574-9897
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22150/jms/kbfq7251