NAVIGATION

The support, guidance, and reliable presence we provide our clients as they reestablish social and familial relationships and take charge of their new lives. Espacios de Mujer accompanies clients through every step of the process from recognizing their victimhood to reestablishing their place in Colombian society.

SELF CARE

Intentional acts that people take for themselves or their environment, to ameliorate the internal or external factors that can compromise life, safety, happiness, health, growth or well being. The concept of self care is especially important for women, because they often consider themselves givers of care rather than recipients of care.

CONTEXT

Environmental and/or personal conditions that influence a person’s decision-making. Each survivor must recognize the personal, familiar, social, and environmental factors that made them vulnerable to human trafficking. Espacios de Mujer helps clients to process these painful realities through cathartic writing exercises and psychological treatment.

EMPOWERMENT

The process that enables people to make their own decisions, be assertive, increase self-confidence, affect change, and ensure respect for human rights. For women, gaining and recognizing one’s own power is critical to the healing process. Espacios de Mujer hosts group workshops for clients to show them that they have the skills they need to protect themselves in the future. Learn more about the Escuela Atenea.

SURVIVOR

A rehabilitated person who has overcome victimization. The journey from victim to survivor involves a recounting of the story, renewal of trust and self-esteem, forgiveness, and reintegration into society. Only when a victim can mourn, process their experiences, and tell their story can they restart their lives as fully independent persons. For this reason, Espacios de Mujer places special emphasis on storytelling through our Metamorphosis project.

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

Espacios recognizes human trafficking as it is defined by the United Nations Palermo Protocol: The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.