Nordic-Baltic Pilot Project

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Nordic-Baltic Pilot Project

• The network of NGOs providing support to women
  victims of human trafficking
• Klaipeda Social and Psychological Services Center
• Dalia Puidokiene

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The network of NGOs providing support to
women victims of human trafficking

• Human trafficking consolidates womens slavery
  for sexual abuse.
• Forms of sexual abuse of women are changing.
• The definition of victim is a still sensitive
  topic in Lithuania.
• Negative attitude becomes an obstacle in solving
  the problem of trafficked women and does not
  allow the women to have successful reintegration
  into society.

Klaipeda Social and Psychological Services Center
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The network of NGOs providing support to women
victims of human trafficking

• The Program of Prevention and Control of Human
  Trafficking for 2005 2008 by the Government of
  Lithuania is devoted to create and in still a
  compound and long term system of controlling and
  prevention means of human trafficking.
• A special role in providing support to victims of
  trafficking lies on non-governmental
  organizations.

Klaipeda Social and Psychological Services Center
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The network of NGOs providing support to women
victims of human trafficking

• Over the past eight months due to this project
  ten women victims of trafficking for sexual
  exploitation were helped
• - received social, psychological and legal
  advice
• - received material support (food,
  accommodation, clothes, and other goods)
• - obtained needed qualifications or
  education
• - reintegration into the job market

Klaipeda Social and Psychological Services Center
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The network of NGOs providing support to women
victims of human trafficking

• The Nordic Baltic pilot project made it possible
  to promote and coordinate the best possible
  assistance and support systems for women victims
  of trafficking for sexual exploitation.
• A network of Non-governmental organizations was
  also the goal of the project.
• NGOs are trying to find solutions for many rising
  problems.

Klaipeda Social and Psychological Services Center
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The network of NGOs providing support to women
victims of human trafficking

• The regular supervisions are being organized for
  the workers.
• NGOs together discuss issues of work with victims
  and try to find best effective outcomes and
  rational solutions.
• The issues of the identification of victim are
  discussed.

Klaipeda Social and Psychological Services Center
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The network of NGOs providing support to women
victims of human trafficking

• One of the top problem is the lack of
• short-term support (reception) centre in
  Lithuania
• This question remains open and waits for decision
  to be taken.

Klaipeda Social and Psychological Services Center
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The network of NGOs providing support to women
victims of human trafficking

• It is important to ensure good work conditions
  for the staff of NGOs, and to provide protection
  and safety from the pimps to women who are trying
  to get away from pimps net (prostitution).
• The network of both governmental and
  non-governmental institutions should be
  strengthened.

Klaipeda Social and Psychological Services Center
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Nordic-Baltic Pilot Project

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