Citation

Shitu. S. Int. J. Adv. Res. 2016; 4(4): 224-228.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, International journal of advanced research, Publisher S.N.)

DOI

10.21474/IJAR01/306

PMID

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Abstract

This paper seeks to draw the attention of the academia, policy makers and human rights activists across the globe to look into the plight of teenage girls who are victims of the latest dangerous form of human trafficking, trade of infants popularly called 'baby factory' in Nigeria. Human trafficking is a serious crime against humanity and the dimension is changing from time to time, especially from prostitution, forced labour, domestic servitude and begging towards the dimension at which young women, especially the teenage girls are recruited and trafficked, made pregnant, have their babies harvested and sold to adopters through illegal means. The phenomenon has shifted from the trafficking of adult and children who can communicate and talk, to the trafficking of newbornsthat are voiceless. This illegal trade is now a common phenomenon in Nigeria. It has been discovered in the South-East, South-South and South-West regions of the country. The ?baby factory? kind of human trafficking is believed to be caused by high rates of poverty, loss of common shared-values, income inequality, illiteracy and unemployment. The trafficking of infants is calamitous for the image of Nigeria as a country, a threat to the fundamental human rights of Nigerians especially women and girls and sadly a threat to the future of the trafficked babies. It has become a nightmare for the parents and guardiansof the teenage girls who may not necessarily know the where about of their daughters. This paper employedthe use of secondary data by reviewing reported cases from the media and delving into the economic and social causes of the crime, its social effect on women and girls and how entrepreneurship trainingscan be used as a rehabilitating mechanism for the targets.

Language: en