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Madams, Trafficking Victims, and Migrants: Everyday Practices of Resistance Among Nigerian Women

Madams, Trafficking Victims, and Migrants: Everyday Practices of Resistance Among Nigerian Women

Rizzotti, Milena

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Advances in Sex Work Studies

CriminologyGeneral SociologyImmigration & Refugees

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ISBN10: 3032097118
ISBN13: 9783032097118
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Feb 6 2026
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book examines Nigerian women's experiences of migration, work and mobility across European borders through a unique problematisation of the boundary between madams and victims. Rizzotti brings together the voices of women positioned by humanitarian categories on both sides of the trafficking divide to show how their trajectories are shaped by similar dynamics of debt, kinship and constrained mobility. The book reframes trafficking as a field of negotiation, where agency and constraint coexist within women's strategies of survival. It stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand and rethink the gendered and racialised dynamics of trafficking, migration, and border control. Dr Nicola Mai, Professor of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK Despite the extensive research on trafficking from Nigeria to Europe, much of the existing knowledge remains victim-centred and rooted in the field of social assistance. This focus has been crucial in shaping our understanding of the anti-trafficking landscape--particularly in highlighting which aspects of victims' experiences are prioritised by institutions when assessing claims for humanitarian protection. However, it has also resulted in a narrow perspective, largely limited to the narratives of individuals who have been officially recognised as victims.

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