Most Women become victims of human trafficking when they are coerced into slavery or slavery-like conditions through the deceptive practices of friends, family members, spouses and businesses, and/or their recruitment agents. They prey on individuals who are socially or economically marginalized and systematically oppressed.
If victim’s socioeconomic vulnerabilities are not addressed, a survivor may easily find themselves in the same precarious financial situation they experienced prior to exploitation.
Now, with the added challenges of complex trauma, the bias of a criminal justice system that too often fails to protect survivors, and other systematic barriers to recovery it becomes easier to fall back.
The physiological and physical impacts of having survived human trafficking affect a person’s entire life. Inclusive workplaces can help survivors of any traumatic experience assert their autonomy and empower themselves.
Businesses can support the empowerment of survivors through partnerships with organisations the support survivors, and by offering safe and long-term employment.
Businesses that seek to advance a strategy to support survivors are encouraged to partner with as well as financially support organisations that provide vital services to survivors across a range of needs.