There are things, which, once you find out, you cannot keep quiet about. Trafficking in women is a subject we want to tell about to as many people as possible. The Animus/La Strada team has been working in support of the victims of this brutal crime for 5 years already. We have published dozens of articles and taken part in dozens of radio and television programmes. And we have still not been able to exhaust the theme about the suffering of the women victims of trafficking. We, the people who meet these women, need to talk. In this brochure we will try once again to share our experiences from the contact with pain and despair and these women's struggle for survival.

We have collected articles by people with different professions - psychologists, psychotherapists, Help-line volunteers, journalists, lawyers. For different reasons, they have all talked to women survivors of trafficking and have not been able to remain indifferent. They have put in words all that the victims could not tell another person. It is from these articles that we can understand the experiences of the women in trafficking. Everything they have written on trafficking, the authors learnt from the women themselves in a situation of trust and safety. Only then could these women summon the courage to talk about the violence and humiliation they had suffered.

We are grateful to all the authors of these articles who decided to share their experiences in the work with women survivors of trafficking. Their feelings - excitement, worry, and often helplessness and despair, can tell us a lot about the extent of the human tragedy of the survivors. No matter how sad the brochure might be in some places, the professional attitude and competence of the authors give us reassurance and hope. They are proof that there are people who are involved with the theme of trafficking in women and are ready to work in support of the victims.

1. Trafficking in women - personal, psychological and social problems in (Non)-united Europe - Maria Tchomarova, psychotherapist
2. Trafficking in women in Bulgaria: the starting point of La Strada - Bulgaria - Nadia Kojouharova - clinical psychotherapist
3. What do women victims of trafficking suffer and why? - Maria Tchomarova, psychotherapist
4. How we help women, survivors of trafficking - Nadia Kojouharova - clinical psychotherapist
5. Developing an Animus Association care program for women victims of trafficking - Nadejda Stoytcheva, psychotherapist
6. About the (lack of) choices for women survivors of violence and the role of professionals working with them - Elena Bojinova, clinical psychologist
7. The phone call concerning trafficking in women on the Help-line - collision with feelings, thoughts and questions - Dobriana Petkova, Iva Georgieva, Help-line volunteers
8. Prostitution and commercial sex-workers in Bulgaria - Cvetina Arsova, psychologist
9. The small lessons - Maria Stefanova, journalist
10. Trafficking in women and the possibilities for legal protection of the victims - Mila Georgieva, prosecutor
11. Case studies on trafficking in women in Bulgaria - Milena Stateva, clinical psychologist

View/download "Trafficking in Women - Questions and Answers" here and charts here