Pathway to Prevention Dissemination Meeting

Transcript:Pathway to Prevention Dissemination Meeting:
Pathway to Prevention Dissemination Meeting Research Findings on Recruiters of Sex Trafficking in Oredo LGA, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria September 29, 2020 Powered by: 02 Powered by: 03 Our Agenda Our Agenda Welcome Goals for the Dissemination Meeting Goals for Meeting 01 02 Generate 03 04 Generate your input on: Best practices Recommendations on areas of further research Further sources of evidence regarding policy recommendations Project Objectives Recap of Pathway to Prevention 05 Project Objectives (i) empower and slave-proof local communities by deterring the recruitment of potential victims for sex trafficking by Enablers (recruiters); (ii) inform prevention strategies and programs through effective community informed interventions; and (iii) contribute to the growing evidence base of data driven research that will inform policies and programs which support and scale replication of interventions that target Enablers and empower local communities against them. Project Objectives Recap of Pathway to Prevention 06 Project Objectives Our hypothesis was that as critical, initiating actors, Enablers serve as the link between the potential victim and the trafficker. We hypothesized that breaking their link to potential victims could potentially lead to an overall reduction of trafficking from Edo State. Research Methodology Research Methodology 01 02 Cross-Section 03 07 Collected data from a cross-section of Oredo LGA (60%-40% Urban-Rural) Oredo Based Micro-Level Research Methodology Primary Sources: •Micro-level Research to extract Qualitative & Quantitative Data •Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) •Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) •Distribution of 3,600 Questionnaires (QTN) Secondary Sources: •Scholarly publications – articles, journals, monographs, occasional papers •Other publications – media, official, organisational reports, etc. 08 Research Methodology Summary of Findings Demographics Perceptions Awareness Summary of Findings Awareness and understanding of sex trafficking in Oredo LGA & Understanding Demographics and Profile of Enablers (Recruiters) in Oredo LGA & Profile Perceptions of interventions in Oredo LGA 09 i. Awareness of Sex Trafficking Awareness of Sex Trafficking •Awareness is high and trafficking is common •99.3% were aware; 92.3% understood trafficking was a crime and 60.1% indicated they were aware of the penalties •Television/radio, friends/colleagues/word of mouth, news, social media, and school were ranked the top 5 ways respondents learned of trafficking •Nearly 1 in 4 respondents (23.3%) know of someone who has been sex trafficked •However 43.2% would not know who to inform if they believed there was sex trafficking occurring •Push Factors •Poverty, Ignorance, family pressure, status symbol, general insecurity and poor infrastructure 10 i. Awareness of Sex Trafficking •Many