Reaching and Supporting Trafficked Women in Austria and Germany: A Call for Training on Attachment and Trust-Building

Abstract

Many victims of trafficking in women are not reached by the available support services despite numerous measures that have been put in place on both the national and international levels. This deficiency is due to the inadequacy of the support systems, which do not meet the needs of the women concerned. A bilateral Austro-German research project entitled "Prävention und Intervention bei Menschenhandel zum Zweck sexueller Ausbeutung (PRIMSA) ["Prevention and intervention in the trafficking of human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation"] was set up with the aim of developing ideas for a multidisciplinary prevention and intervention scheme. This article presents a case study of one of the women from a Central European country who was interviewed and the selected results on the need for training on trust-building and attachment with victims.