TRAFFICKING AND VULNERABILITY OF THE GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

This paper investigates human trafficking and girl-child education in Nigeria. It is the practice whereby people, children and women are taken away from their homes to provide domestic labour or sexual services to people either within or outside of their country. Negative peer influence, depressed and poor national economy, Poverty, unemployment, ignorance on the part of victims of human trafficking, lack of parental guidance and control, greed, illiteracy/lack of education, and inadequate punishment for offenders are some drivers of the illegal act. Secondary sources of data were used for the analysis. Feminism theory was adopted as the theoretical framework. It has led the girl-child into hawking, prostitution, poverty, early and forced marriage as well as low self-concept. The following recommendations were made; fostering of social, economic and political stability, and the reduction both of migration caused by deep poverty, improve children’s access to educational and vocational opportunities, in particular by girls, enhancing job opportunities for women by facilitating business opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Developing programmes that offer livelihood options and include basic education, literacy, communication and other skills, and reduce barriers to entrepreneurship, and encouraging gender sensitization and education on equal and respectful relationships between the sexes, thus preventing violence against women.