JOURNAL OF MODERN SLAVERY
A Multidisciplinary Exploration of Human Trafficking Solutions
Volume 6, Issue 1, 2021
Adapting a life skills training program for survivors of human trafficking
Laura Cordisco Tsai, PhD, MSSW, Janice Ubaldo, Penny Sun
This brief reflection paper presents a case study of a life skills training program for survivors of human trafficking in the Philippines. Trauma-informed principles and Motivational Interviewing guide the development and implementation of this life skills development program to support survivors in achieving their educational and career goals. This article details the curriculum adaptation process, guiding frameworks, curriculum design, and recommendations for strengthening life skills programming for human trafficking survivors. The experiences of practitioners detailed in this paper are instructive for other stakeholders in the anti-human trafficking movement planning to implement life skills programming with survivors.
Piloting a method for the aggregation and visualisation of audit data to enhance forced labour risk identification
Zoë Fortune
Silvia Mera
Paul Ling
Ethical auditing is one key way that companies assess compliance with labour standards and identify issues relating to forced labour. Essential information on working conditions is collected each year across thousands of factories, yet data remains proprietary, is not harmonised in format or content, and is under-utilised with costs often passed on to workers. This can lead to an underestimation of the risk of forced labour in supply chains. To overcome such challenges, the authors piloted a unique method for the collection, aggregation, analysis and visualisation of social audit data from disparate, pre-existing but hitherto under-utilised resources. Data from 2,946 audits across six Asian countries was aggregated to pilot an online interactive risk screening tool. This paper describes methods used by the team and provides an overview of the online tool. Implications for improving social compliance auditing, risk identification, data classification and aggregation are discussed.
Jarrett Davis
Glenn Miles
Maggie Eno
Andrew G. Rowland
This paper explores findings from interviews with 130 children (55 girls and 75 boys) living or working on the streets and beaches in Sihanoukville, Cambodia and discusses their vulnerabilities to sexual exploitation and other forms of violence. The paper finds that while both genders indicate significant vulnerability to various forms of violence and exploitation, boys indicate experiencing higher rates of sexual violence and seem to be afforded greater independence and less supervision and protection by parents and guardians. In addressing these issues, this paper aims to add nuance to discussions on the vulnerabilities of street-involved males in Southeast Asia.