RESTORE NYC 2014 CLIENT FINDINGS
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extreme. Based on the stories shared with our counselors, many of the women we serve had husbands who were abusive or violent, which may explain the higher divorce rate among trafficked women. In other words, the tragic picture is that many of these women may have finally managed to leave their abusive husbands only to be exploited in another abusive situation. Of the divorced women we served, the vast majority (91%) had children. There was a slightly higher percentage among those women who were trafficked. % of Divorced Women with Children Percentage of Divorced Women with Children 92%
87%
NotTrafficked trafficked Not
Trafficked Trafficked
Based on the anecdotal information from the counselors, being divorced and with a child left these women in more vulnerable and desperate for work. There was a greater proportion of trafficked women who had left their children behind in China or elsewhere overseas. Only 16% of the trafficked women had their children in the US compared with
Location of Children
Location of children 1%
2%
10%
7% 16%
33% Other (non-US) Undisclosed U.S. China 74% 56%
Not Not Trafficked
Trafficked Trafficked