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March 15, 2023 | Webinar

Strengthening Domestic and Sexual Violence Programs to Support Trafficking Survivors: Intersections, Equity, Cultural Humility, and Collaborations

Presenter:

Kiricka Yarbough Smith

Facilitator:

Mónica Arenas

Date:

March 15, 2023

Description:

Systems of inequality increase vulnerability to human trafficking, domestic, and sexual violence. Supporting survivors of human trafficking requires an intersectional and equity-centered lens to decrease barriers to accessing resources.  This webinar will review the ways that human trafficking can intersect with domestic and sexual violence, how to engrain equity and cultural responsiveness in your support of survivors, and the power of collaborative relationships to better support and serve survivors.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this webinar, participants will be better able to:

  • Identify the various ways human trafficking can intersect with domestic violence and sexual assault.

  • Apply principles of equity in supporting survivors of human trafficking and domestic and sexual violence.

  • Identify strategies to support survivors of human trafficking within domestic and sexual assault organizations, and in collaboration with others in your community.

Presenters:

  • Kiricka Yarbough Smith

Facilitator:

  • Mónica Arenas, Program Manager, Futures Without Violence

This project is supported by Grant# 15JOVW-21-GK-02211-MUMU, awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.