Pardis Mahdavi
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Pardis Mahdavi, PhD is associate professor of anthropology at Pomona College. Her research interests include labor, migration, gender, sexuality, human rights, youth culture, transnational feminism and public health in the context of changing global and political structures. Her first book, Passionate Uprisings: Iran’s Sexual Revolution (Stanford Press 2008) looked at the intersection between sexuality and politics in post-revolutionary Iran, while her current work looks at gendered migration, labor and human trafficking in the United Arab Emirates. Her second book, Gridlock: Labor, Migration and ‘Human Trafficking’ was published in May 2011 by Stanford University Press.

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Just the 'TIP' of the Iceberg: The 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Falls Short of Expectations

Posted July 7, 2011 | 11:23:55 (EST)

Last year in Washington D.C. at a one-day conference on human trafficking held at the Woodrow Wilson Center, the new Ambassador to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Lou CdeBaca, spoke about the need to re-conceptualize 'human trafficking.' He emphasized that it is not just an issue rooted in the sex industry,...

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When 'Help' is the Problem: Questioning 'Human Trafficking' Policies in the Gulf

Posted February 15, 2011 | 12:53:33 (EST)

Meskerem was living in an abandoned construction site, working odd jobs with very little pay when I met her on the streets of Dubai in 2008. Her story exemplifies the experiences of the numerous migrant men and women who make up the majority of Dubai's work force. Meskerem's father had...

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