Outreach As a Tool to Combat Human Trafficking
Team: Carleen Victoria, Rachel Velasco, Malika Gujrati, Mevi Gray, Ingrid Amezquita
Supervisor: Mark Johnson
Semester: Spring 2006
Methods of Outreach to Trafficking Victims
IRC's Anti-Trafficking Action Coalition provides technical assistance to field offices working with trafficking victims and educating the public about trafficking. The largest obstacle to serving victims of trafficking is discovering and identifying trafficking victims, and convincing them that it is safe to come forward to either a service provider or to law enforcement. Students can help the IRC develop expertise in this area by planning and conducting a study of:
A) The types of outreach methods currently being used in the anti-trafficking field to reach
non-citizen trafficking victims;
B) How successful methods of outreach can be replicated in diverse communities;
C) How these findings can be shared throughout the anti-trafficking field.
Research for students:
- Methods of Outreach
- o What methods of outreach have been successful at finding and reaching non¬citizen victims of trafficking?
- o What are the success rates of these methods? (Measured by how many trafficking victims are identified through these programs)
- Replication of Methods
- o Can these methods be replicated in diverse communities (sex workers, farm workers, domestic workers, diverse ethnic communities, etc.)?
- o What are the primary components of these outreach methods?
- o What safety issues are apparent for these methods of outreach, and how would those issues be overcome?
- o How would safety concerns be addressed in various communities?
- Dissemination of Findings/Creation of Materials
- o What types of materials (written, visual, comic books etc.) would be the most successful in this effort?
- o What communities would these materials target?
- o How could materials be disseminated in the anti-trafficking field?
The end result of the consultancy would be a report with 3 components:
1) Research and Findings
2) Recommendations for replication of methods in diverse communities
3) Recommended materials for use in outreach (this could include the creation of original materials)
By increasing our knowledge of effective outreach methods to trafficking victims and creating avenues to share this knowledge throughout the anti-trafficking field, the IRC will continue its leadership role in providing direct service to trafficking victims and technical assistance to other agencies that serve this population. The findings of such a study will be a valuable resource for the anti-trafficking field as a whole.
Core Documents
Terms of Reference
Timeline
Final Presentation
Additional Documents
2006 Spring - IRC - Outreach as a Tool to Combat Human Trafficking.pdf
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