The present document summarises the good practices and challenges as emerged from the needs assessment and the results of local and transnational networking, as well as provides recommendations to ensure long-term communication between relevant actors and the cover of TCN women VoT needs.
Trafficking in human beings usually constitutes a serious transnational crime and a blatant violation of fundamental human rights. It is a modern form of slavery, affecting all genders and ages and it may take the form of sexual exploitation, forced labour, slavery, servitude and related practices, the removal of vital organs and the recruitment for criminal acts (Europol, N.D). The most common forms of trafficking in human beings in Italy, Greece, Spain and Romania4 are sexual exploitation and forced labour, while beggary is the third most common form of trafficking in the latter three countries. A very large portion of the victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation are women and girls.
The project ‘HEAL – enHancing rEcovery and integrAtion through networking, empLoyment training and psychological support for women victims of trafficking‘ 2019-2021 aims at facilitating the integration of third country national (TCN) women victims of trafficking (VoT) for sexual exploitation in Italy, Greece, Spain and Romania through a healing process comprising of psychological recovery and employment-related skills acquisition.