A film from Sweden...[Film director] 'Moodysson presents a perspective we do not get from Hollywood, where prostitution is romanticized........... When the camera focuses on Lilya, she is seen, at first, unconvincingly trying to smile, then cringing, and, finally, screaming.
Today, anti-trafficking activists encounter the same kind of denial and disbelief about the dimensions of contemporary slavery.
Opponents, including brothel owners and managers, governments who profit from legalized prostitution, and — amazingly — some people who work for human-rights organizations and aid agencies attempt to undermine the work of modern day abolitionists by claiming that sexual trafficking is a myth, overly exaggerated, or that the women and girls consent and accept the violence as the price they pay for a job or to migrate'.Support Stop Demand campaign against traffiking and prostitution of women and children.
Alternative Actions & More Information
Read about CAST: Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Traffiking
Craigslist Campaign on Love146
Read about The Polaris Project
Check out Stop The Traffik
Join Salvation Army's campaign Stop Human Traffik
Support the Seek Justice campaign by International Justice Mission (IJM)
Source: Stop Demand Website, 27.2.09 https://secure.datumconnect.com/wawcs016272/ln-home.html
This is one of the topics that I hope to write about. I do see modern slavery when I travel. It is mainly girls and women, but occaisionally the indentured servitude of men.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff here. Keep it up! I would like to see more of New Zealand if you can make the time.