On Tuesday, April 25th, from 6 to 7.30 a webinar on “The Needs and Stories of Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Exploitation and Human Trafficking. The difficult journey of male survivors: uncovering and identifying the social interactions that harm and aid male survivor recovery and healing, as well as further exploring the barriers that hinder disclosure” took place.

Speakers included:

Ena Lucia Mariaca Pacheco, Researcher and advocate for justice, specifically for boys and men who are survivors of abuse, exploitation and human trafficking. Member of Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars (GAHTS). Author of “The needs and stories of male survivors of child sexual abuse, exploitation and human trafficking”

Dr. Glenn Miles, Independent Researcher, Trainer, Writer, Networker. Senior Researcher with up! International. For 25 years, he’s led INGOs and facilitated research listening to survivors of sexual exploitation, including men, women, boys, girls, and transgender people, as well as research with sex buyers. Glenn teaches graduate and PhD candidates, provides supervision, and advises the Butterfly Longitudinal Research Project (Chab Dai)

Jeffrey Tennant, Lived-Expert, Author, Survivor of child sex trafficking. Career in aerospace and after retiring, he has made a significant change in his life by serving others through ministry and beginning a writing career. The ministry vocation came naturally from volunteering throughout his life, but the writing career was birthed from detailing the struggle to heal from the pain of trauma brought about by being sex trafficked. The desire to help others traveling the same road as he has, led to the writing and publishing of his first book, “The Way of Escape: The True Story of a Teenage Boy’s Miraculous Escape from Sex Traffickers and a Healing Journey of Recovery”

HERE is the link to the recorded webinar.