Prevalence of sexual violence during the whole trafficking period among female returnees by characteristics related to each stage of human trafficking process, Ethiopia, 2016
Characteristics | Denominator | Sexual violence Number (%) |
Predeparture stage characteristics | ||
Age (just at departure) (years) | ||
14–17 | 74 | 48 (64.9) |
18–20 | 272 | 188 (69.1) |
21–25 | 275 | 204 (74.2) |
26–49 | 50 | 21 (44.7) |
Marital status (predeparture) | ||
Married | 141 | 85 (60.3) |
Never married | 498 | 352 (70.7) |
Separated/widowed | 32 | 26 (81.3) |
Educational level (predeparture) | ||
Illiterate and/or informal education | 61 | 43 (70.5) |
Elementary | 236 | 175 (74.2) |
Junior | 202 | 135 (66.9) |
High school | 153 | 97 (63.4) |
Preparatory school and above | 19 | 13 (68.4) |
Residence (predeparture) | ||
Rural | 410 | 278 (67.8) |
Urban | 261 | 185 (70.9) |
Travelling stage | ||
Trafficking corridor | ||
Metemma Yohannes | 480 | 331 (69.0) |
Moyale | 2 | 2/2 |
Galafi | 180 | 123 (68.3) |
Others* | 9 | 7 (77.8) |
Initially smuggled | ||
No | 146 | 91 (62.3) |
Yes | 525 | 372 (70.9) |
Destination/exploitation stage | ||
Planned destination | ||
Sudan† | 282 | 204 (72.3) |
Other Arab countries | 293 | 200 (68.3) |
South Africa | 0 | - |
Europe | 88 | 56 (63.6) |
Others (mainly Kenya and Djibouti) | 8 | 3/8 |
Type of job at destination | ||
Did not start working | 10 | 8/10 |
Housemaid | 480 | 333 (69.4) |
Agriculture | 132 | 104 (78.8) |
Manufacturing and services | 37 | 23 (62.2) |
Other (mining, guard, driver, sex work and so on) | 12 | 9/12 |
Restricted freedom of movement | ||
Absent | 201 | 118 (58.7) |
Present | 470 | 359 (76.4) |
Detention stage | ||
Detained abroad | ||
Yes | 277 | 257 (65.2) |
No | 394 | 206 (74.4) |
Length of detention by securities (n=810) | ||
2 or less weeks | 124 | 95 (76.6) |
3–4 weeks | 103 | 83 (80.6) |
5–13 weeks | 48 | 42 (87.5) |
14 or more weeks | 2 | 0/2 |
*Other corridors include Bole Airport, as well as Humera, Bosasso and Gambella travelling corridors.
†Though their immediate destination was Sudan, a considerable number of them had plan to extend their journey to the Middle East and Europe.