Call for Papers: ‘Care Work, Intimate Labour, Migration, and Exploitation’, Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2025
Guest Editors: Marie Segrave, Siru Tan, and Lubna Jebin
The Anti-Trafficking Review calls for papers for a special issue themed ‘Care Work, Intimate Labour, Migration, and Exploitation’.
There is ongoing work that has drawn attention to the intersections of domestic/care work, migration, violence, and exploitation. The COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders exposed some persistent and critical issues related to risks and harms, including the reliance on migrant women to provide various forms of care work, and the continued failure to protect this group of workers. In the context of growing ageing populations across many countries, this reliance on care labour will only increase, and there is urgency to carefully interrogate state systems that enable the exploitation of care workers, and those that seek to protect them.
Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2025
In addition to full-length research, conceptual or case study articles, we also welcome short, non-academic pieces that respond to the above prompts. We particularly welcome contributions by current and former care workers and intimate labourers and practitioners working with them, as well as policymakers and other relevant stakeholders.
Word count for full article submissions: 5,000–7,000 words, including footnotes, author bio, and abstract.
Word count for short pieces: 1,200–1,500 words, including footnotes and author bio.
We advise those interested in submitting to check out the journal’s submission guidelines and email their abstract to the editorial team at atr@gaatw.org.
Special Issue to be published in September 2026.
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