No two trafficking victims are alike. Research reveals how that reality can inform supportive survivor care.
Survivors request both trust and support within care settings.Many of us who have investigated and prosecuted human trafficking cases understand the delicate interpersonal dynamics involved when working with survivors. When rescued victims are housed in residential care facilities, challenges arise when the need to enforce the rules conflicts with the desire for survivors to explore their newfound freedom.
Karijn Aussems et al. explored issues of care and well-being from a trafficking victim perspective of girls in residential care facilities in a piece entitled “Call Us by Our Name.”Focusing on girls who were sexually exploited by “loverboys,” they sought to uncover the specific needs and desires of this underage population, including the desire for privacy and self-determination, as well as issues of trust.
Study participants consisted of 27 girls from three residential youth facilities offering services for commercially and sexually exploited girls. Aussems et al. noted that in the past, victims were approached in school yards, cafes, or nightclubs by “groomers,” who currently approach underage victims onor romance—hence the term “loverboys” for male groomers, defined by the Dutch government as “human traffickers who usually operate by trying to make young girls or boys fall in love with them.
Aussems et al. noted that some of the girls in their research acknowledged the adverse impact of their relationships with boys and men in their lives, but most did not see themselves asexploitation victims and rejected professional assumptions that all the males in their lives were out to cause them harm.
Human trafficking victims are not homogenous and prefer to be viewed and treated as unique persons with personal challenges. Caring for survivors appears to involve a delicate balance of addressing individual experiences in a trauma-informed method uniquely tailored to encourage and empower each individual separately, to promote recovery, resilience, and healthy relationships.1. Aussems, Karijn, Maaike Muntinga, Anne Addink, and Christine Dedding. 2020.
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