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Human Trafficking and the Health Care Industry
WebIndividuals who experience human trafficking have a range of health consequences and many individuals with pervasive health concerns and disabilities are particularly vulnerable to traffickers.But despite up to 88% of trafficking victims accessing health care during their trafficking situation, not every health care professional may feel equipped to identify the …
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Analysis of 2020 National Human Trafficking Hotline Data
WebIn 2020, among all forms of trafficking whose recruitment relationships were known (4,142), the proportion of victims recruited by a family member or caregiver increased significantly – from 21% of all victims in 2019 to 31% in 2020 – a 47% increase. In addition, the proportion recruited by intimate partners jumped 21% – from 22% in 2019
Promising Practices: An Overview of Trauma-Informed
WebThis report from Polaris and the Sanar Wellness Institute provides an overview of promising therapeutic support that can be used to enhance individual and group intervention for survivors of all forms of human trafficking. Based on the experiences of serving clients in Polaris’s New Jersey office over the past five years, Polaris has found …
Healthcare Providers Play a Crucial Role in Victim Identification
WebHealthcare Providers Play a Crucial Role in Victim Identification. November 3, 2016. If a person comes into the ER for a drug overdose, the doctor refers that patient to rehab services. If a person comes in after attempting suicide, the doctor refers them to psychiatric care. We expect our medical staff to identify the underlying causes of our
Still Looking: Survivors Need Long-Term Solutions
WebJuly 10, 2023. For survivors of human trafficking, breaking free from the exploiter is often just the beginning of a long, hard journey. Most need longer-term support to truly heal from the physical, emotional, and mental traumas they have experienced, long after their exploitation has ended. Sadly, few can find it.
Individuals with Disabilities May Face Increased Risk of Human
WebThis blog post is a continuation and expansion on the topic of disabilities and human trafficking discussed briefly in our new report, On-Ramps, Intersections, and Exit Routes: A Roadmap for Systems and Industries to Prevent and Disrupt Human Trafficking.This topic was included in the health care section of the report. “[P]eople with …
Positive Steps Toward Protecting House Cleaners, Nannies, and …
WebThe new law in Philadelphia, an effort pushed forward by the National Domestic Workers Alliance, would expand to that city’s approximately 16,000 domestic workers – who earn an average of $10,000 a year – some basic legal protections. That includes requiring that domestic workers have written contracts that lay out their specific …
Racial Disparities, COVID-19, and Human Trafficking
WebJuly 29, 2020. Human trafficking and the COVID-19 pandemic have something in common: Both take advantage of those most affected by the inequities prevalent in our societies. COVID-19, like human trafficking, can happen to anyone. But they are a lot more likely to happen to people who are already facing other hardships – like poverty, for one.
On-Ramps, Intersections, and Exit Routes
WebA Roadmap for Systems and Industries to Prevent and Disrupt Human Trafficking. Human traffickers exploit legitimate systems within multiple business sectors for their own profits. From traffickers who use banks to store their earnings and buses to move their victims around, to the hotel rooms that are integral to the operations of some sex
Recognizing Human Trafficking
WebBut as we learn more about how trafficking really works, we are also learning that the best way to help is to pay attention to people you actually know or interact with – your students, your tenants, your children, your patients, your co-workers. It is all about two magic words: Context and proximity. Human Trafficking Training.
How Your Community Can Stop the Trafficking of Homeless …
WebOn any given night in the U.S., an estimated 1.7 million youth are without safe, reliable shelter. Nearly half of these young people have been homeless for over a week, and an astounding 20-40% identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ).. Youth who experience homelessness have to overcome …
The Typology of Modern Slavery
WebPolaris analyzed more than 32,000 cases of human trafficking documented between December 2007 and December 2016 through its operation of the National Human Trafficking Hotline — one of the largest data set on human trafficking in the United States ever compiled and publicly analyzed. Polaris’s research team analyzed the data and …
National Survivor Study
WebThe National Survivor Study is the largest and most significant effort to date to learn directly from survivors of sex and labor trafficking about what they have experienced and what they need to heal. Survivors themselves designed and implemented the survey as full partners in the project. The result is anti-trafficking research that focuses
Polaris Analysis of
WebPolaris Analysis of 2021 Data from the National Human Trafficking Hotline 1 Summary 3 Form & Typology 6 Demographics 11 Age at Entry into Exploitation 12 Risk Factors/Vulnerabilities 14 Risk Factors/Vulnerabilities (Grouped) 16 Recruitment Location 18 Recruiter Type 19 Recruitment Tactics 20 Access Points 22 Exploiter Relationship to …
New Report Spotlights the Trafficking of Nannies, House
WebWASHINGTON, D.C. (July 24, 2019) — Nannies, house cleaners, home health aides, and other domestic workers frequently labor for extremely low pay, sometimes in conditions so abusive it amounts to exploitation and human trafficking, according to a report released today by Polaris and the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA). “Human …
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