Are women not enslaved in Brazil? A data-driven analysis of gender dynamics in Brazilian antislavery efforts

Globally, women and girls make up the majority of recorded estimated victims modern slavery human trafficking. In Brazil, however, females represent only 5% more than 35,000 people rescued from forced slave labour 2003 to 2018. This paper interrogates data on antislavery efforts in identify explain gender dynamics rescues. It evaluates legal, policy, contextual factors that may help discrepancies between Brazilian victim demographics regional international trends. doing so, it identifies a key gap Brazil demands focus investigating sexual exploitation, domestic work marriage. Centralisation trafficking, minor exploitation is primordial address all aspects.