I guess again awareness is the big- a big thing, a big part of it. Awareness for not just the girls that might be in the situation, but also for others to know and watch for signs…‘cause the victims might not always feel comfortable, speaking out, and then that way if everyone’s aware, then others can also come in and try to help.
Well, for sure like counseling is I think would be really big, especially if it’s, um, if they’ve gone through it and they’re survivors, even after they’ve been taken out of the situation, you still need the aftercare like counseling and support….I know like in my situation, um, I received counseling, but it was just until they thought I, I didn’t need counseling anymore. So, you know, it- you- I think it’s important to know that you should still have counseling even after that. You know, not just immediate counseling, but even you know, some six months a year from then.
First of all the program should be something that’s available to everyone, because I know, I guess I don't know how most of them work, but, if they…involve like you know, registering or signing up or paying or that kind of thing, but it should be something that’s free for all, and, no questions asked kind of thing.
So I think that [counseling] would be really important and also, maybe not just for the victim, but also like anybody that was close to them and that might have been effective from the situation as well, because it affects others too, so I think that would be very important and just, just knowing that you can confide in people and it’s going to be kept in that place with the one person and not…the privacy, yes, I think that’s very big.
Narrative as found in Shireen S. Rajaram and Sriyani Tidball, “Nebraska Sex Trafficking Survivors Speak —A Qualitative Research Study,” Faculty Publications, College of Journalism & Mass Communications (2016)
