Informed consent
Consent is specific, voluntary, understandable and reviewable.
Survivor stories
Agency before exposure
Personal stories can challenge stigma, but no story is worth compromising safety, privacy or autonomy.
Before publication
Our storytelling standard
Safety assessment
Risks are considered before names, images or details are used.
Agency
The person decides what to share and how the story is framed.
Dignity
Stories focus on humanity, choices and achievements—not graphic suffering.
Purpose
Every detail must serve a clear ethical purpose.
Do no harm
What we protect and reject
We protect
- Exact current location
- Children and family identifiers
- Legal and immigration details
- Medical information
- Trafficking routes
- Any fact creating foreseeable risk
We reject
- Graphic imagery
- Trauma as fundraising currency
- Stock models described as survivors
- Pressure to disclose
- Permanent labels based on harm
- Publication without documented permission
Awaiting approved content
Story library
A survivor owns her story.
Media, researchers and partners should contact FREMNET before requesting interviews.