The report Estimating Trafficking of Myanmar Women for Forced Marriage and Childbearing in China, by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT), aims to estimate the prevalence of trafficking for forced marriage and childbearing among women and girls from Myanmar to China and to have a better grasp on migration patterns. The methodology used qualitative methods, such as Key Informant Interviews and in-depth interviews, and quantitative methods such as household surveys and community key Informant Estimation Interviews.
The main findings were divided into three main topics. About the prevalence of forced marriage, forced childbearing, and trafficking into a forced marriage, the study found that almost 40% of the respondents experienced forced marriage, 33.25% were unable to refuse the marriage at the time the union was formed and 30.2% bore children while in a forced marriage. The second topic, population estimates of migrant women from Myanmar, shows that almost 21,000 women and girls from Myanmar would have been in forced marriages in China between 2013 and 2017, and 18,300 would have been forced into childbearing in the same period. Regarding the drivers and risk factors for forced marriage, the main socio-economic factors are education, age and urban/rural status. The report also has key recommendations for the governments of Myanmar, China and the international community.
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