Human Trafficking Victim's Union
​​How we fight?
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In Vietnam, trafficking can take the form of arranged marriages that frequently result in the women becoming domestic slaves rather than wives. Other victims find themselves in the sex trade instead of the factory job they were promised. It is often a lack of information and education that forces women into the unspeakable situations created by human trafficking.
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The UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking lists several socio-economic vulnerability factors that contribute to human trafficking in Vietnam, including: poverty and indebtedness, lack of awareness/education, family breakdown and problems, and external influences such as friends, consumer values, and peer pressure.
Human trafficking is a truly complex problem, and solving it isn’t as simple as rounding up the bad guys and putting them in jail. Its deeply intertwined with social, economic, political, cultural and moral issues. We think that it's best to open the doors of opportunities to children, women and men through education, vocational training and institutional support to lower their vulnerability to trafficking. We believe we are tackling some of the root causes of trafficking.
Our strategy focuses on four key areas:
- Raising awareness at the leadership level and community level about the trafficking issue.
- Organizing communications event on trafficking issue, the aims of the dealer, how the victims are cheated, who are the group at the high risk of being trafficked, how to escape from the brothels, etc.
- Maintaining the Women Club on anti-trafficking which is the place for every women/girls to share and learn from the others, to prevent themselves from being trafficked.
- Supporting the returned victims to well reintegrate in to the normal life: psychological consultancy, financial support for doing livelihood, legal support for their children’s birth identity card, finding the stable jobs for returned victims, etc.
"Human trafficking destroys lives and its effects damage communities. The transport and exploitation of vulnerable men, women and children by predatory organised criminal groups is something that no civilised country should tolerate. We need to do more to stop this horrific crime."