To browse Academia. The study addresses the five priorities of the EU Strategy: identifying, protecting, and assisting victims of trafficking; stepping up the prevention of trafficking in human beings; better law enforcement; enhanced coordination and cooperation among key actors and policy coherence; and increased knowledge of an effective response to emerging concerns. This study, according to its terms of reference, aims to look specifically at the gender dimension of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
The study identifies and draws on EU law and policy competence in gender equality in its identi cation of the gen- der dimensions of tra cking. The gender dimensions are clustered into five issues: gender specificity and equal treatment; gender expertise, gender balance in decision-making and gender mainstreaming; the relationship between prostitution and tra cking; gendered policy fields and strategic priorities; gendered systems and the theory of prevention.
Human trafficking is considered to be modern day slavery. The EU continuously seeks to strengthen its fight against this crime, latest with the Directive on Prevention, Combat and. Gender Equality EU law and policy on gender equality is legally based on the competence found in the Treaty of Lisbon The division of responsibilities between the EU level and Member State level, taking into account the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, is specified in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union concerns the fundamental values of the EU and includes equality between women and men: The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail.
Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union specifies that both the EU level and the Member State level should not only aim to eliminate inequalities, but also to promote equality. The reference to 'all' the 'activities' of the EU provides the legal basis for the strategy of 'gender mainstreaming' in which gender equality is to be mainstreamed into all areas of EU activities, including policy formation and implementation: In all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women.
