Targeted Funding for Anti-Trafficking Initiatives: An evidence-based anti-oppressive approach

Andrea Nichols; Kathleen Preble

doi:10.14197/atr.201224237

Targeted Funding for Anti-Trafficking Initiatives: An evidence-based anti-oppressive approach

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Andrea J. Nichols
Kathleen M. Preble

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https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201224237

Abstract

Community-driven research is key to creating evidence-based collaborative systems that meet the multifaceted needs of human trafficking survivors and address oppressions that create vulnerabilities to human trafficking. Programmes and solutions require money and evidenced-informed processes, or they risk investing in systems that will not meet the needs of the intended target populations. This paper reflects on how a community-initiated research project influenced funding to enhance anti-trafficking work in a Midwestern US state. We urge other regions to adopt this model of research and resource allocation in their own anti-trafficking efforts.

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Andrea J. Nichols

Andrea J. Nichols, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at St. Louis Community College Forest Park and Lecturer of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Her practitioner-centred research examines community-based responses, as well as social work and criminal justice practices with survivors. Email: ajnichols@wustl.edu

Kathleen M. Preble

Kathleen M. Preble, Ph.D., MSW is an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri Columbia School of Social Work. Her research interests focus on human trafficking, sex trading, and intersections with relationship violence and seek to increase our understanding of these complex phenomena leading to empowering prevention, intervention, and aftercare service delivery. Email: preblek@missouri.edu

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30-09-2024

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Nichols, A., & Preble, K. (2024). Targeted Funding for Anti-Trafficking Initiatives: An evidence-based anti-oppressive approach. Anti-Trafficking Review, (23), 120–124. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201224237

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No. 23 (2024): Special Issue - Following the Money II

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