Yntiso, Gebre(PhDAssazenew, Asham2022-04-062023-11-042022-04-062023-11-042007-11http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/31182In Ethiopia, internal child trafficking is a growing yet disregarded phenomenon. Children arc traffi cked from rural areas to urban areas. However, it is difficult to know the magnitude of the problem due to the absence of comprehensivc and reliabl e data as well as the in accessibility of the victims. Due to the increased preva lence of child traffickin g and the absence of comprehensive and reliable data on it in Ethiopia, the study has tried to assess th e factors that directly contribute to the vulnerabi~ity of children to trafficking, to exp lore the consequences of trafficking and to examine th e existing policy framework in Cheho Woreda (Ywezhe kebele, Buchach kebele, Emd ibir. Gubre), Gurage Zone and Add is Ababa . The assessment of the effects is made through qualitative methods. The fin din gs show th at there are three main interrelated fac tors (economic, soc io-cultural and ·i • demographi c) that are common among the trafficked children. In the research areas, most of th e chil dren are forcefully taken to Addis Abab,\ for th e jJurpose of engaging them as domestic workers to generate income to the household at an early age due to low family illcome. In addition to, the findin gs id entify frequent forms of exp loitation through the proccss of traffick ing in Addis Ababa such as labom, ph ysical, sex ual , and psychological cx ploitati on. But the most serious aspect of chil d expl oitati on is labour exploitation that c'( poses children to physical, sexual, and psychological -exploitation. Based on th e fi ndin gs, Ethiopia has not ratified the major UN and I LO in struments 'vvh ich are relevant to th e iss ue of trafficking in children. In add ition to th is, th ere is lack of a comprehensive na tional poli cy and a comprehensive law th at addresses th e issue of trafficking in chil dren. Moreover, the .,study find s out th at th ere are very f'cw relevant organi zations that have posit ively intervened in child traffi cking. Th e study ade LIse of the Convention again st the Transitional Organi zed Cri me also cal led th e Palermo Convention of traffi ckin g to describe th e cases of tra ffi cked children. Moreover, it \Vas relevant to use th e Gend er-responsive, Human Ri ghts. Mi gra tion B~\ cl f\ ppro()ches to describe some of the rac tors th at contribute to chil d traffi ck ing. Crimi ll al Ju stice, J-ium()n Ri ght Based Approa ches and the nati onal lega l framework arc rele\ ant to oppose th e consequences of traffi ckin g on trafficked children. The Mu ltidisc iplinary Aj)proa ch is also relevant th at dec ision makers should consider child ren ri ghts ill \ic lims o(·tr:1 ffick in genThesis