Organization / PublicationFotopress La Caixa for Elle
CategoryContemporary Issues stories
PrizeHonorable mention
Date00-08-2002
CountryNigeria
PlaceBenin City
CaptionTwo young women about be trafficked wait for a juju ritual to be performed on them. Thousands of Nigerian women are trafficked to Europe every year and forced to work in the sex industry. Having entered countries illegally, they are pushed to the periphery of society and have little access to social care. They remain in financial debt to their traffickers, and are also controlled by juju, a voodoo ritual whereby an oath of loyalty is pledged between a god, the trafficker and the woman.
