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FEATURED ARTICLES *** # General # Little Known About Men, Child Trafficking
Victims Joe DeCapua,
Voice of America VOA News, 30 May 2012 www.voanews.com/content/decapua-human-trafficking-30may12/1134153.html [accessed 31 May 2012] www.voanews.com/africa/little-known-about-men-child-trafficking-victims [accessed 16 August 2020] LITTLE IS KNOWN - Many men become forced laborers in fields or fishing
boats. Many children may be recruited into armed groups, sexually exploited or
used in the illegal drug trade. Asked how much is known about how they’re
affected, Oram said, “Really not very much at all.
We didn’t find any studies that reported on the health of trafficked men. And
we really only found a couple that reported on trafficked children, and they
were very limited.” Oram isn’t sure why so
little is known, but she said it means little is being done to help them. “I think it really
means that when we’re looking to work with trafficked men and trafficked
children to support their needs and help them recover from their experiences,
we can’t do that in a way that’s informed by the evidence there, because the
evidence just isn’t there,” she said. ***
ARCHIVES *** #
General # Prevalence and Risk of Violence and the Physical,
Mental, and Sexual Health Problems Associated with Human Trafficking:
Systematic Review Oram S, Stöckl H, Busza J, Howard LM,
Zimmerman C (2012) . PLoS
Med 9(5): e1001224. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001224 www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001224 [accessed 31 May 2012] WHY WAS THIS STUDY
DONE?
- To date, the health consequences and public health implications of human
trafficking have received little international attention, partly because not
much is known about this area. So in this study, the researchers examined
published studies in order to assimilate evidence and information on the
prevalence of all forms of violence relating to people who have been
trafficked and the prevalence of physical, mental, and sexual health
problems, including HIV/AIDS, among this group. WHAT DID THE
RESEARCHERS DO AND FIND? - The researchers searched the published literature
for suitable studies by conducting a comprehensive key word search of key
databases and by contacting experts. The researchers did not exclude any type
of study from their search but used stringent criteria to identify
appropriate studies and then assessed the quality of identified studies by
using a critical appraisal tool. Using this process,
the researchers initially identified 407 papers but only 19 were suitable for
their analysis, representing 16 different studies. The majority (11) of these
studies were conducted in Asia (Nepal, India, Thailand, and Cambodia), and
all studies focused solely on women and girls, with all but two studies
examining sexual exploitation only. Canada Human Trafficking May Be Closer to Home
Than We Think 2008-04-21
- Source: miramichileader.canadaeast.com/front/article/271131 www.antitraf.net/home.php?mode=more&id=44&lang=en [accessed 27 January 2011] INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING - The good news for people
who have been tricked into slavery is that once they go to police they do not
need to fear being exported. They are given a
Temporary Resident Permit, which includes health care, and they are fed and
sheltered and given an opportunity to apply for citizenship later. MacIver has
interviewed the victims of such crimes and tries to provide them with
counsellors so they can open up about their experiences." India Giving flesh trade survivors a life of
dignity Dilnaz Boga, Daily News
& Analysis DNA, Mumbai, 11 June
2012 www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_giving-flesh-trade-survivors-a-life-of-dignity_1700697 [accessed 11 June 2012] Like the 140 others
like her, Reema was trained by experts handpicked
by SCI for starting a new life post-rescue from a brothel. “Apart from
rescuing girls from brothels, we give vocational training to the freed girls
ending up in state homes, like the two at Deonar,
between 10am and 5pm,” says SCI CEO Dr Subhadra Anand. At a time a batch of 20 to 25 girls are brought to
Sahas Kendra, the rehabilitation centre at Bandra-Kurla complex,
and imparted training hospitality, computer graphics, tailoring, nursing and
housekeeping, to name a few, says legal consultant Nandini
Thakkar, also a programme manager at SCI. After working as a
trainee in the hospitality sector, Reema went on to
become a trainer of supervisors within four years. “Her success story, like
many others’ here, was all about empowerment and independence,” says Thakkar.
After three months, we identify the survivor’s skills and conduct a career
test, which helps in deciding her vocation. “Following this, we start
training and counselling them for placements later. A year down the line, the
girls don’t need us anymore,” explains Thakkar. Sierra
Leone Sierra Leone haunted by 'silent war crimes' Victoria Brittain,
The Guardian, 16 January 2003 www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/jan/16/sierraleone.westafrica [accessed 22 December 2010] Unknown numbers of
the thousands of women and girls abducted by the rebels still remain with
their "husbands" in conditions of sexual slavery, although the war
was declared over a year ago, HRW reports.
There has been no accountability for the thousands of crimes of sexual
violence, and a climate of impunity persists, the report says, allowing the
perpetrators of sexual violence (as well as other crimes) to escape
justice. Survivors of rape and other
sexual crimes - some boys as well as the thousands of women and girls - need
"drastically increased funding for trauma counselling, health, education
and skills training", according to HRW. Thai Government and International
Organizations Pledge Cooperation to Provide Assistance to Victims humantrafficking.org, News & Updates, 04 June 2007 --
Adapted from: "Trading in People: To ensure adults and children
trafficked in Thailand receive help, state and international agencies have
signed an agreement to not discriminate between victims." The Bangkok
Post (Outlook), 21 May 2007 (edited). (Source: UNIAP Thailand) www.humantrafficking.org/updates/653 [accessed 29 December 2010] www.pressreader.com/thailand/bangkok-post/20070521/282424164790781 [accessed 19 February 2018] When she finally managed
to escape, she rushed to a policeman for help. But worse was to come. The
woman was deported and was left to find her way home from the Thai border.
Walking through the jungle, she was repeatedly raped by groups of Karen
guerrillas. Traumatised and lost, she was
eventually rescued by a stranger who took her to a refugee camp in Mae Hong
Son, from where she was sent to Suan Prung Mental Hospital in Chiang Mai when camp staff realised she had lost her mind. While poor women
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