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Vaksamhet
The Vaksamhet ( English: ''Vigilance'') was a Swedish anti-trafficking organization, founded in 1902, and active until 1946. Its goal was to combat human trafficking, specifically what was then termed as the white slave trade; the trafficking in women and children for prostitution and sexual slavery. History In 1899, a congress against the prostitution and the white slave trade (sex trafficking) was held in London in Great Britain. It was attended by fifteen representatives from Sweden, among them the MP Hugo Tamm and Gertrud Adelborg of the Fredrika-Bremer-förbundet (FBF). Many European countries founded their own "National committee for the fight against the white slave trade", and the Swedish eqvivalent was Vaksamhet, which was co-founded by a group of abolitionists, including Hugo Tamm, Gertrud Adelborg and Clara Wahlström.Från vit slavhandel till trafficking: En studie om föreställningar kring människohandel och dess offer. Hallner, Ann. Stockholms universitet, Human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Slave Trade
White slavery (also white slave trade or white slave trafficking) refers to the enslavement of any of the world's Ethnic groups in Europe, European ethnic groups throughout human history, whether perpetrated by non-Europeans or by other Europeans. Slavery in ancient Rome was frequently dependent on a person's socio-economic status and national affiliation, and thus included European slaves. It was also common for European people to be enslaved and traded in the Muslim world; European women, in particular, were highly sought-after to be Concubinage in Islam, concubines in the harems of many Muslim rulers. Examples of such slavery conducted in List of Muslim states and dynasties, Islamic empires include the Trans-Saharan slave trade, Trans-Saharan slave trade, the Barbary slave trade, the Ottoman slave trade, and the Black Sea slave trade, among others. Many different types of white people were enslaved. On the European continent under feudalism, there were various forms of stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
