New Resources on Child Trafficking

Summary: The Child Trafficking website has been updated with the latest information on strategies for preventing trafficking, and rehabilitating and reintegrating victims of trafficking.

The Child Trafficking digital library has been updated.  The website focuses on South Asia and beyond. All forms of trafficking are addressed, including trafficking for labour purposes. The website includes the latest information on strategies for trafficking prevention, as well as for the rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of trafficking.

One of the strengths of the digital library is its documentation in the field of care and support for trafficking survivors.

The update includes 18 new documents which deal with care and support: 

Admira. (2005). Communication Skills.  This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  23 p. This module contains a selection of explanations of communication styles and exercises, as well as some basic exercises like how to discuss a case.

Admira. (2005). Community Based Psychosocial Support Projects for Refugees and Displaced People. This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  46 p. “This module had been written by an experienced women’s group that focuses on the development of post-war psychosocial programmes for refugees and displaced persons.

Admira. (2005). Crisis Intervention and Group Work with Survivors.  This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  29 p. This module presents ideas for group facilitators on handling group formats, group rules and common problems as well as information for crisis situations.  

Admira. (2005). Empower and Healing Battered Women. This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  57 p. “This module focuses on violence in intimate relations between adults.

Admira. (2005). Empowerment and Building a Supportive Environment. This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  23 p.  “This module focuses on partnership, networking and co-ordination.  

Admira. (2005). Gender and Violence: Working with Perpetrators.  This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  71 p. “This module is written for care workers who would be interested in working with perpetrators, or are already working with violent men.

Admira. (2005). Gender Issues and Gender Informed Mental Health Care.  This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  67 p.  This manual is made up of three parts. The first part is about raising awareness of gender issues and the second part is about the principles of gender informed mental health care.  Similarly, the third part is about men, gender beliefs, and gender and power in intimate relationships.

Admira. (2005). Individual Counselling of Sexually Abused Women. This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  25 p. This module is about individual counselling.  

Admira. (2005). Leading Self-Help (Support) Groups.  This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  70 p.  The module is a guide to setting up and leading self-help groups.

Admira. (2005). Organizational Issues for NGOs.  This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  31 p. “This module deals with organizational issues for NGO’s.

Admira. (2005). Programme Evaluation.  This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  53 p. It illustrates that programme evaluation is not only important to satisfy donors and sponsors, but it is a means to improving programmes and empowering organizations through more accurate needs assessments and a critical assessment of results.

Admira. (2005). Shelters for Women Survivors of War and (Sexual) Violence.  This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  47p. This module serves as a very practical guide to running a shelter.

Admira. (2005). The Body Remembers: Dealing with Feelings. This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  62 p.  

Admira. (2005). War, Trauma and Recovery. This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  47 p. This module describes a five- or six-day basic training for professionals, paraprofessionals or volunteers who work or plan to work with survivors of war.

Admira. (2005).Prevention of Professional Burn-out with Care Workers: Self-Care and Organizational Care. This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer’s Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War.  67 p.  This module deals with the psychological consequences of working with survivors of violence and the way care workers respond to these consequences. The second part deals with coping strategies for care workers and the organizations they work in.”

Bjerkan, Lise (ed.). (2005). A Life of One’s Own: Rehabilitation of Victims of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation.   A joint report by Victimology Society of Serbia, Sør-Trøndelag University College and Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies. 171p. This report presents the findings of a one-year-long research project related to the rehabilitation of victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation in Serbia.  

International Labour Organisation/International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO/IPEC). (2006). Compassionate Care. Proceedings of Workshops. 143 p. The workshop report addresses two key considerations in removing children from the worst forms of child labour: developing child-friendly caregiving systems for children who cannot return to their family and community; and reintegrating those children as adults into Nepalese society.

Planète Enfants (2005). Guidelines for the Operation of Care Facilities for Victims of Trafficking and Violence against Women and Girls. Rationale, Basic Procedures and Requirements for Capacity Building. 50 p. This document outlines the rationale (designated ‘Rationale’) and basic procedures (designated ‘Actions’) undertaken by facilities that provide care for adolescent and adult victims of trafficking and violence against women and girls.

All comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.  If you know of any relevant new sources, or other interested parties who may wish to be added to the list, contact Terre des Hommes. Terre des Hommes are also  interested in receiving documents and research from the field.

 

 

 

 

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