Macedonia – Context Analysis and Methodology Review Report

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What is lacking in researching trafficking in human beings in FYROM are the stories of the victims. It is true that the practice shows that only few women-victims of trafficking were both able and willing to share their story in order to help other potential victims. Most of the victims suffer great trauma, so therapists (psychologists or psychiatrists) and social workers have to work with them, in order to help them overcome or mitigate the consequences of trauma and to be able to articulate the event.

In existing studies, the issue of trafficking was not approached through directly interviewing victims and most of the research was focused either on potential victims (awareness of the possible risks and entanglement of trafficking), or on interviews with experts (human rights activists, gender theoreticians or people who work with victims). The main reasons for this, as explained, are the difficulties in the attempts to approach the victims and the fact that the shelters are isolated and guarded by the police. However, the research potential of the oral history method makes the efforts to approach the victims who are willing and capable to share their story, worthwhile, having in mind the sensitivity of the issue.



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