The Invisible Children Forum and ECPAT Norway promote the voices of survivors. Most survivors of human trafficking never report these crimes. While some want to forget everything, to be able to process it, many feel ashamed, or are afraid of being stigmatized. Others live in constant fear of retaliation from criminal networks, or to be detained or deported. For identified victims, common challenges include lack of inclusion in work life and society at large, depression, loneliness, and the feeling of being powerless.
If you speak up, I will join! is funded by the Council of the Baltic Sea States. The project aims to identify and empower survivors of childhood human trafficking. Through regional cooperation in 11 countries, and local projects in Russia, Latvia, Sweden and Norway, the project will start during the fall 2019 and end with a festival in Oslo in the summer 2020.
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If you want to get together with persons who have been in similar situations you should join the survivors forum. The time has come to be heard.