Human Trafficking Task Force e-Guide

What the first respondents understand about trafficking faces has had a major impact on victim screening and specific processes. Usually, there is a hypothesis that the victim is a woman. People mistakenly believe that male victims are trafficked only for labor or that they are willing to always participate in commercial sex. These assumptions prevent adequate screening and proper protection of male victims of trafficking

Sex sensitivity is required in all aspects of identifying victims, advocacy and service provision. Male survivors are often hard to seek help because they are afraid of how other people respond. Sometimes it is easier for male survivors to talk to fair employees than friends and families. Because men can protect their own self image and make it a strong and flexible person, they will keep silence and will not recognize the feelings of fear, danger, abuse. When working with the victim, it is important to consider whether you prefer male or female officials, case managers, interpreters (if applicable) when discussing victims.

Please pay attention to privacy concerns. Many male survivors are unwilling to share what is happening publicly and worry that disclosing or reporting what is happening may need to speak frankly about their experience It is. Ensure confidentiality, privacy, and choice are provided throughout the case management process. Appreciating the difficulty of talking about these intense topics, efforts to achieve non-judgmental dialogue may help to alleviate the shame of male victims and enhance their sense of security. Also, please ensure that all staff promote and train the inherent needs of male victims and male survivors.

Please make sure you understand the outcome of the victimization and mental health. Like other groups of trafficked victims, the concept of self-awareness and reality is confusing. Survivors may be concerned about sexual orientation, anxiety, depression and fear. For men who believe they are immune to sexual violence and fraud, the psychological impact will be very serious, responsible for providing economic support to the family, and social The correspondence may be separated. They may feel that they are "targeted" for "sexually lost" or their sexual orientation. Their existing relationships may also be hindered by reactions of victims and other people (eg their community lacks faith and support).

Special consideration has been paid to housing choices for trafficking of male victims. If individual damage and consideration to sex are not taken into consideration, the victims of men are mistakenly placed in the housing environment and may cause more damage. Collaborate with customers and decide what they like

Allow self-selection support service. Always cooperate with your customers to determine the best plan and support for men. For example, if a male self identifies himself as a heterosexual male, it should not be included in a peer-to-peer program centered on LGBTQ, and vice versa. In the LGBTQ community, there may be a specific need for sexual orientation. Survivors should always be given the right to self-selection

Earlier this month, the mayor of the San Francisco Trafficking Countermeasure Committee announced the 3 rd Trafficking Report in San Francisco. According to the report, 529 trafficking victims (including sexual intercourse and trafficking) were discovered in San Francisco in 2016, but duplication may be included in the number of cases reported by the institution. According to reports, 24% of survivors of known age are minors. 74% of people are under 25 years of age. Authorities identified 77 minor survivors of sexual transactions and 131 temporary survivors (18 to 24 years old) and totaled 208 young people sexually exploited under 25 years of age

In 2013, the mayor's Task Force on anti-trafficking inquiries was established to eliminate gaps in the services of survivors of trafficking and create victim-centered survivor treatment approaches. The Task Force consists of children 's sexual trafficking committee, labor trafficking committee, and sex work and trafficking policy influence committee. By July 2014 to December 2014, 291 trafficking victims were found in San Francisco, 224 of them were female, 118 of them were children. In 2015, 499 trafficking traffickers were discovered in San Francisco, 122 of whom were minors, 283 adults and 94 unknown, 54% of these cases involved sex trade . In 2015, the National Human Trafficking Hotline stated that 80% of the telephone, including trafficking in San Francisco, includes women.