@article{ref1,
title="A psychology of liberation perspective on sex trafficking in women",
journal="Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening",
year="2013",
author="Sinnes, Auhild",
volume="50",
number="5",
pages="443-450",
abstract="Liberation psychology, a radical psychological orientation that originated in Latin America, could be an appropriate framework for Norwegian psychological assistance to victims of international sex industry.   The author discusses how Psychology of Liberation can contribute to the understanding and treatment of women with traumas caused by sex-trafficking. This is exemplified through prostituted Nigerian women in Norway who ostensibly belong to the international sex trade. Psychology of Liberation posits a psychology from the perspective of the marginalized. The urgent problems of the oppressed are met by a psychology originating at root level. Hence political awareness forms an important part of psychological treatment both diagnostically and clinically. Psychology of Liberation coordinates clinical psychology, community psychology and culturally sensitive therapy, addressing problems in the intersection between political structures, power, violence and health. It originated in some of the same countries that export women into the international sex-industry today. The author argues that in a post-colonial world, psychology from the south can give valuable contributions to the global effort in combating trafficking in human beings.    Keywords: Human trafficking <p /> <p>Language: no</p>",
language="no",
issn="0332-6470",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}