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Women’s Aid. Deirdre Teague. Helpline Manager 24 Hour Domestic Violence Helpline. 24 Hour Domestic Violence Helpline: 0800 917 1414. Quote. “I feel like they’ve taken my smile away and I can never have it back”. Lithuanian woman trafficked to London. 4.1. Stages of the Trafficking Process.

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Women’s Aid

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  1. Women’s Aid Deirdre Teague Helpline Manager 24 Hour Domestic Violence Helpline

  2. 24 Hour Domestic Violence Helpline: 0800 917 1414 Quote “I feel like they’ve taken my smile away and I can never have it back”. Lithuanian woman trafficked to London 4.1

  3. Stages of the Trafficking Process Health Risks

  4. Pre-departure stage • Personal history, interpersonal violence • Experience with home country health services and health education and promotion • Socio-economic conditions of the country

  5. Travel and transit stage • High-risk, arduous travel conditions • Violence, sexual abuse, threats • The “initial trauma” • Debt-bondage, being bought and sold • Confiscation of documents • Absence of information and care

  6. Destination stage Risks and Abuse Affecting: • Physical health • Sexual health • Mental health • Substance abuse and misuse • Social health: isolation, exclusion • Economic well-being • Occupational and environmental health • Access to health information and care

  7. Rescue - criminal evidence stage • Absence of attention to health by all law enforcement, immigration and justice officials • Absence of official health-related procedures • Absence of victim-sensitive procedures • Reprisals by trafficking agents resulting from contact with authorities • Anxiety, trauma resulting from contact with authorities, evidence-giving or trial proceedings • Unsafe, inhumane deportation and return procedures • Retrafficking, retribution and trauma associated with deportation

  8. Integration, re-trafficking and reintegration stage • Personal security risks • Risking associated with being a refugee or returnee • Practical, social, economic, cultural and linguistic barriers to care • Isolation and exclusion • Immediate and longer-term mental health consequences • Retrafficking

  9. Importance of Partnership Working

  10. Benefits of Refuge • 30 years experience • Women only environment • Security • Highly trained and experienced staff • Networks already established by the organisation • Support of other women • Intensive support provided

  11. 24 Hour Domestic Violence Helpline 0800 917 1414 Women’s Aid Deirdre Teague

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