Working on “Trafficking” and Counter-Trafficking

Mara Clemente
ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Lisboa, Portugal

Almost a year ago, in August 2023, the article Feminism and Counter-Trafficking: Exploring the Transformative Potential of Contemporary Feminism in Portugal was published in Social & Legal Studies. My research on “human trafficking” and counter-trafficking started much earlier and, in this blog, I want to discuss some insights regarding the research that provided a foundation for the article, and share my views about what the article seeks to do, and look at where my work on trafficking and counter-trafficking has gone since the article was published.