SOS DONNE

Women victims of trafficking who intend to escape from and report their exploiters, giving concrete details that demonstrate that they have been “trafficking victims” (social programme), may turn to the Comune Ufficio Stranieri, as well as to the registered Authorities and Associations taking part in this Project so that they can be received, listened to and included in humanitarian protection projects.

This enables them to obtain both a residence and employment permit, as well as reacquiring their passport (by being accompanied to their national embassy).

The programme includes professional language training, and work scholarships and continuing through to work and independence.

Almost all the women who have accepted one of the two programmes (and there have been hundreds in Piedmont alone) have first obtained their residence permit for humanitarian reasons (6-12 months) and then for work (2 years), with the possibility of going on to autonomy, when all trace of their programme disappears.

Women victims of trafficking should realise that in Piedmont (and throughout Italy) there is a widespread public-private support network able to deal both with the emergency and with the integration programme.