Role of Technology in Combatting Human Trafficking

Abstract

Disasters reinforce, perpetuate and increase gender inequality, making bad situations worse for the women. Under such situations Trafficking becomes easy. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of empirical data on trafficking — not only after a disaster but prior to it as well. Closer to home, South Asia has been a source, origin and destination for trafficking at various vulnerable points such as the borders where trafficking of women and children are most common. The present paper attempts to highlight the inter links between human trafficking and use of technology. It emphasizes the need to incorporate machine language and other technology tools to secure a greater grasp of identifying faces and routes that the trafficker adopts. The paper focuses on how AI provides an increased access to safe spaces following a disaster that forces people to move out in search of alternative livelihoods. With AI and other technology solutions, its possible to manage and make use of the large amount of text data available in legal documents.