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The Prevalence of PTSD Among Sexually Trafficked Females in El Salvador
- Introduction (1 page)
- Area of Inquiry: El Salvador
- One of the main hotspots of human trafficking in central america and the world
- Goal of paper (thesis)
- Review current definitions of PTSD
- Consequences of PTSD on human trafficked individuals: long term and short term
- Problem in el salvador – region specific
- Culturally appropriate ways to address problem
- Overview of PTSD in Victims of Human Trafficking
- What is PTSD- is an anxiety disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing a traumatic event.
- https://www.brainline.org/article/dsm-5-criteria-ptsd
- Stressor required – direct exposure or witnessing trauma
- Intrusion symptoms –
- Unwanted upsetting memories
- Nightmares
- Flashbacks
- Emotional distress after exposure to traumatic reminders
- Physical reactivity after exposure to traumatic reminders
- Avoidance
- Trauma-related thoughts or feelings
- Trauma-related external reminders
- Negative alterations in cognitions and mood (two required)
- Inability to recall key features of the trauma
- Overly negative thoughts and assumptions about oneself or the world
- Exaggerated blame of self or others for causing the trauma
- Negative affect
- Decreased interest in activities
- Feeling isolated
- Difficulty experiencing positive affect
- Duration – more than 1 month of symptoms
- Symptoms create distress or functional impairment
- Prevalence of PTSD in Victims of Human Trafficking
- Worldwide – comparison
- El salvador (this will lead into affected population and discussion of human trafficking in el salvador + ptsd)
- Affected Population- El salvador; females mainly and children
- Prevalence of human/sex trafficking in el salvador
- http://www.ipsnews.net/2019/11/central-america-fertile-ground-human-trafficking/
- Deep roots in human trafficking
- The most recognised form of trafficking in the region is sexual exploitation, whose victims are women.
- “We know that El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala are countries with a heavy flow of undocumented migrants, which puts them at risk of becoming victims of trafficking,”
- El Salvador, 90 percent of cases involve sexual exploitation,
- gangs have mutated into bona fide organised crime groups, with tentacles in the illicit drug trade, extortion rackets, “sicariato” or murder for hire and now human trafficking, among other criminal activities
- young girls who gang leaders “ask for”, to be used as sex toys by the leaders and other members of the gang, and the families hand them over because they know that they could be killed if they don’t.
- https://www.utrgv.edu/human-trafficking/blog/central-america/el-salvador/index.htm
- Highest concentration of gangs in CA
- gang-related violence has led to a displacement of 269,000 people
- dynamics of human trafficking in El Salvador are not extensively known
- The average age of new recruits range from 9 to 15 years of age. Children are often recruited at schools and within their communities.
- https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/human-trafficking-northern-triangle/
- In El Salvador, for example, the police only registered 96 arrests for human trafficking in the past four years. Just 35 of these cases ended with convictions.
- in search of a job, they end up in the hands of organized crime
- The woman pretended to be a headhunter working for her boyfriend, the owner of a fashion modeling agency that needed young models. She faked the documents that the girls needed to cross the border into El Salvador
- According to El Salvador’s police, 97 percent of human trafficking cases registered in the last few years have involved sexual exploitation.
- People Recruited from surrounding countries
- Children, females mainly affected
- http://www.ipsnews.net/2019/11/central-america-fertile-ground-human-trafficking/
- Conclusions
- Potentially cultural appropriate methods of addressing problems (this could be conclusion)
- How problems are being addressed now
- Association for the Self-Determination of Salvadoran Women (AS Mujeres)
- Latin American Observatory on Trafficking in Persons
- Regional Coalition against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants
- My response for further methods
- churches/temples – how religious are people in el salvador?
- NET – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5451503/
- How problems are being addressed now
- Potentially cultural appropriate methods of addressing problems (this could be conclusion)
- Prevalence of human/sex trafficking in el salvador
- https://www.brainline.org/article/dsm-5-criteria-ptsd
- What is PTSD- is an anxiety disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing a traumatic event.
- Area of Inquiry: El Salvador