Mary Weeps for her Trafficked Female Children: Perspectives on Prevention Policy by Parents from Ogwa Community in Edo State, Nigeria
As Mary agonized at the physical trauma inflicted on her son Jesus on the way to Calvary, so she weeps for her trafficked children sexually exploited globally. This essay focuses on a case study of the high rate of trafficking of girls and women from Ogwa community in Edo state, Nigeria. Ogwa commun...
| Published in: | Concilium |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2023
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| In: |
Concilium
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ogwa
/ White slave trade
/ Sexual abuse
/ Prevention
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| RelBib Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCF Sexual ethics XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
EDO State (Nigeria)
B State governments |
| Summary: | As Mary agonized at the physical trauma inflicted on her son Jesus on the way to Calvary, so she weeps for her trafficked children sexually exploited globally. This essay focuses on a case study of the high rate of trafficking of girls and women from Ogwa community in Edo state, Nigeria. Ogwa community is situated in Midwestern Nigeria in West Africa. The Edo state government developed a top-down centralized approach to the prevention of sex trafficking that has proved largely ineffective. The goal of this narrative qualitative inquiry is to explore the perception of parents from Ogwa community on the existing sex trafficking prevention policies in view of influencing policy outcome. The theoretical framework for this study is Jones and McBeth's narrative policy analysis framework. Data were collected through a face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 12 parents of young girls and women, aged 13 to 21. The data were coded inductively and subjected to Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis method. The findings were interpreted through a participatory policy analysis approach through the lens of the parents under this study. The essay concludes with some recommendations on how Christians and theologians, especially in Africa can advocate for these victims of violence. These painful narratives of the suffering of victims of human trafficking in West Africa can serve as texts for doing a theology that is capable of liberating those held in the bondage of modern day slavery. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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