Description
Estonia is mainly a country of origin for human trafficking, but also a transit and to a very small extent, a destination country. When it comes to victims, the situation of women trafficked for sexual exploitation is serious and demands high-quality services and full attention. This project aims to support female victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation. The project also covers training of relevant specialists, and improves cooperation among stakeholders responsible for the prevention of trafficking for sexual exploitation, and assistance for victims of sexual exploitation. The project provides innovative services created and tested in the framework of this project, such as mother-child groups and self-help groups for former victims of trafficking. Female victims of trafficking and professionals working with the victims will benefit from the project.
Summary of project results
The Project was needed to upgrade services for the victims of human trafficking. A lot has been done before, but the Project helped to raise competence of specialists, renovate shelters, help victims and carry out studies about human trafficking. Most important was "Research of victims needs in connection with rehabilitation services and clarifying motivation factors that help to leave the trafficking environment" Main aim of the research work, was to understand - what rehabilitation services are needed to help victims of trafficking and vulnerable individuals - primarily involved in prostitution, to achieve full recovery of psychological and social skills, that have been damaged, as a result of being in the area of sexual exploitation. According to design of study to achieve the answer on main research question, was needed to find understanding of several processes, as follows: in detailes understand experience of recruitment respondent`s into sphere of trafficking and prostitution: - what exact psychosocial mechanisms are acting during this process? how it works and why it is works with concrete person? which psychosocial changes bring to individual an experience of involvement in sphere of trafficking and prostitution? what is the motivational factors to quit sphere trafficking and prostitution what strategies use person to achieve this? what strategies are successful and which are not? what mechanisms of relapse for person or what makes person coming back to sphere trafficking or prostitution? Also study about human trafficking in International law was made; shelters were renowated to lessen stress of the victims because of their unhealthy living conditions; through group therapy 47 women were helped to get them out of isolation and helped them to step out of prostitution. Many activities were made for human trafficking victims with their children so they would not lose them or lose mother-child contact with them. The Project fulfilled all goals set for it.
Summary of bilateral results