Abstract
BackgroundHuman trafficking is a global human rights violation that has profound health, economic, and social impacts. There has been little investigation of service needs and response options for human trafficking survivors in Ethiopia. The purpose of this study was to understand the potential service needs and response options for human trafficking in Ethiopia from multiple stakeholder perspectives.MethodsWe conducted a qualitative needs assessment and used content analysis to analyze individual interviews with key stakeholder groups including service providers, academics, lawyers, and non-government organization (NGO) workers between the summer of 2015 – spring of 2016.ResultsIn total, 17 individuals participated and content analysis elicited four overarching themes related to post-trafficking needs, including mental health considerations, barriers and facilitators to providing survivor services, survivor service needs, and comprehensive care models.ConclusionsThis qualitative needs assessment suggests that trafficking survivors may require professional and community services throughout their trafficking experiences, including medical care, economic and job opportunities, legal advocacy, and mental health services. Interventions should harness preexisting community strengths such as Ethiopia’s “social healing system,” health extension workers, and mobile technology. Future studies should explore tailored interventions and comprehensive models of care implemented within the pre-existing healthcare, social service, and community structures.
Highlights
Human trafficking is a global human rights violation that has profound health, economic, and social impacts
This paper focuses on human trafficking in Ethiopia, where our team has worked extensively on partnered research
Given the lack of research in this area and the limited capacity of current survivor services, the purpose of this study was to conduct a qualitative assessment of the potential service needs and response options for human trafficking in Ethiopia
Summary
Human trafficking is a global human rights violation that has profound health, economic, and social impacts. There have been attempts to address human trafficking by multiple organizations worldwide by means of creating and implementing public policies, capacity building, developing support for countertrafficking measures, and improving support for those who have been trafficked [9]. While these large-scale, international collaborations are a critical step forward in addressing human trafficking, there remains a need for country-specific collaborations and solutions as well, given the wide array of historical, political, social, and cultural factors that affect trafficking and vary substantially by region. This paper focuses on human trafficking in Ethiopia, where our team has worked extensively on partnered research
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