so last night was the annual v-day celebration in nashville...our group supported (and tabled at) the program producers project safe and the margaret cuninggim women's center both at vanderbilt...vagina monlogues writer and producer eve ensler performed a one woman show as the key feature of v-day...
in honor of that collabotrative effort i bring you today's blog on human trafficking...
human trade, slave markets, the buying and selling of people – these are words and phrases that, to many people, echo a brutal and distant time in our past...but to the countless women, men, and children trafficked every year, these words coldly define the horror of their lives...trafficking is a global phenomenon where victims are sexually exploited, forced into labor and subjected to abuse...trafficking is a crime under international law that requires international cooperation to address...
protect the rights of trafficked women in greece
greece has been a transit and destination country for trafficked persons since the early 1990s and has seen a continuous increase in the number of women and girls trafficked and forced into prostitution...
health professionals: take action!
in greece, women who are recognised as 'victims of trafficking' are offered a period of only one month to decide whether to testify against suspected traffickers...an extension of the time for reflection would allow trafficked women a more adequate period of time receive assistance and recover from their ordeal, as well as make an informed decision as to whether to cooperate with the authorities in criminal proceedings...
peace out <3
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