Restavèk: The Life of Haiti’s Most Vulnerable Population and the Fight against Child Trafficking

The purpose of my research project was to conduct an in-depth analysis of restavèk, a social system in Haiti where parents send their children off to other families that potentially can give them a better life than the one in which they were born into. Furthermore, this thesis analyzes the conditions that enable this social phenomenon to continue to exist.

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