hey try this

http://www.bayswan.org/traffick/

This is a questionnaire I have been working on. The idea of posting it here is just to give people who are reading it something to think about. If you have any suggestions for me please to not hesitate to comment. If there is something in this questionnaire that makes you think you would like further information or assistance, my recommendation might be to contact one of the organizations I've linked to, unless you can think of another organization or place to get help/information (and it would be great if you felt comfortable letting me know so I can put the link to that org. on this blog)

thanks! be well!

sarah

okay, here goes...obviously you are not going to be writing so ignore that part

Please answer as fully as you feel comfortable, using extra writing space if needed. Please feel free to leave out details or leave questions blank that you are uncomfortable answering. If you feel comfortable doing so, it will be of help if you specify whether these are circumstances you have personally experienced, personally witnessed, or perhaps not personally experienced or witnessed but been made aware of through other means, and what those means were/are.

Every situation is different, yet relevant. If the questions are not appropriate to the circumstances you wish to write about, please also feel free to ignore the questions and write whatever you want in the extra space.

these questions may seem slightly redundant (apologies)…if you feel your answer to any given question will be exactly the same as your answer to another question, please feel free to just write the number of the other question.

1.have you had a job/do you know anyone who has had a job where it could not be taken for granted that

a)you/they were allowed any time off? allowed to rest if sick?

b)you/they were allowed to quit working for the same person/place and get a job somewhere else?

c)you/they were allowed to communicate with family members,friends,significant others? other workers? people outside of the organization? essentially whomever you/they wanted to communicate with?

d)you/they had access to the money you/they earned and could buy your/their own belongings?

2.Have you had a job/do you know anyone who has had a job where;

a)you/they were coerced into signing any forms (leases, contracts, etc.)? how?

b)your/their movement was restricted? how? (eg do you/they have a key to your/their house?) were you/they were living and working at the same place?

c)you/they were decieved about your/their living conditions

d)you/they were chaperoned/guarded/incarcerated?

e)anything ever happened to any of your/their ID, what and by whom?were you/they ever threatened on the grounds that you/they no longer had your/their ID?

f)you/they were subject to any form of “debt bondage” (ie providing services to anyone or pledging someone else’s services as a security for debt)

g)you/they were forcibly transported from one town/city/province to another?

h)you/they were threatened with violence, harm, or retaliation against you/them or friends/family?

i)there were threats to report you/them to authorities?

j)you/they were forced into a relationship?

k)you/they were threatened with confinement or isolation?

3.And in this situation, was it ever the case that;

a)you/they were subject to physical assaults or torture? (pinching, hitting, slapping, punching, kicking, shaking, burning, etc.)

b)you/they were subject to sexual assault?

c)you/they were forcibly confined or isolated?

d)you/they were denied essential medical care?

e)you/they were denied food/clothes and other basic necessities including ability to maintain basic hygeine?

f)you/they viewed or heard others being physically or sexually assaulted?

g)you/they were subject to verbal abuse, name calling, degrading remarks?

h)you/they were photographed or filmed while being physically or sexually assaulted, humiliated, or degraded? if so, have there ever been threats to use the images against you/them?

4.how did you/they initially become involved in the situation in question (eg advertising, acquiantance, family)

If you answered any of the above questions regarding someone other than you, it may be more appropriate to skip these next questions as you may not know the answers or feel comfortable providing the information that will be asked for on behalf of a third party, or to answer some and not others (obviously substituting ‘they’ for ‘you’), as you see fit.

arrival and/or initial circumstances

5.If relevant, when did you arrive in Toronto? (date, time, place of entry)

6.what was the first address you were taken to? who took you there? how did you get there?

7.did you know where you were at the time?

8.were you subsequently moved?

9.was money promised, how much, and by whom?

10.where have you resided and for how long/at what ages did you reside in these locations?

11.does your family know your whereabouts (in this case family could refer to anyone you feel should know…)?

12.have you ever been transported across an international border? was there ever talk of this?

13.have you ever been transported at all (whether or not it involved crossing a border) ?

14.what means of transportation was used?

15.did the people you were travelling with change at any time during transit?

16.did you spend any time in transit locations, safe houses...where? how long? with whom and under what conditions?

17.were you physically or sexually threatened or assaulted or confined in the transit locations?

18.were there any circumstances of forced labour in transit locations?

19.were you ever decieved about your living conditions in Toronto?

terms of involvement

20.have you signed any forms/contracts/leases?

21.if so what are the terms?

22.were these contracts you felt coerced into signing?

23.do you posess a copy/copies of the form(s)?

24.was anyone paid a fee for your recruitment?

25.have you been paid for any work you have done and at what rate?

26.do/did you owe money to anyone?

27.have you ever been coached about what to say to officials?

28.have you ever been given clothing/jewellry and instructed to wear it?

life circumstances

29.do others involved in this situation (please specify how they were involved/connected to you) know your home/work address or telephone number?

30.do these others have any details about your family/loved ones?

31.do they claim to know these things?

here are some Canadian govt. sites that may be of interest;

http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/fs/ht/index.html

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/imm_pass/q_a_human_e.htm

for the second site, just scroll down until you get to the link

http://www.icclr.law.ubc.ca/Site%20Map/Programs/Human_Trafficking.htm

and then
Human Trafficking - Reference Guide for Canadian Law Enforcement

it was from there that I got the template for my questionnaire

i tried to put these links in an earlier blog but they would not work...it would seem that some of them are working here...if not...google...

also i have been looking into CHCs and CLCs, this is Community Legal Clinics and Community Health Centres, which may be of interest

http://www.legalaid.on.ca/en/locate/pages/046.asp

kensington-bellwoods community legal services which is on college st. just west of bathurst seems pretty interesting, and they have an interesting links section

http://www.kbcls.org/

the central toronto community health centres are also interesting- Queen West is on bathurst just south of Queen and Shout is in the Carlton/Jarvis area

http://www.ctchc.com/

locate a chc near you...

http://www.aohc.org

chcs and clcs are all over Ontario, and there are other similar programs in other regions, if you happen to contact a place that does not serve the area you live, they will certainly direct you to one that does.

i decided on my case study for one of my art classes it will be this

http://www.sexworkerfest.com

it looked pretty cool, check it out

the organizer of this festival is also in charge of bayswan at http://www.bayswan.org

they are san fancisco based, there seems to be lots of interesting things in that neck of the woods

this is an interesting site from LA

http://www.iswface.org

and look up http://www.nswp.org, and both san fran and LA have COYOTE chapters

on the nswp (Network of Sex Work Projects) site, have a look at the Mobility section on the sidebar (no actually i just got it by scrolling to the bottom of the front page...) it may not only be relevant to people who have moved from one country to another, it looks like there are lots of resources, especially under the section of human rights groups on the web.