This is getting ridiculous. I’m coming to London again in the midst of july. This time to meet with Mark Wakeling of NCAP. I think that at the end of this year I will have spend more time in London then at my parent’s in Darmstadt which is like 150 kilometers from Karlsruhe. But hey, I love London (well, actually it’s three people there, that I love) and would take any excuse to get there. And if I’m there I will visit the gallery which you can see on the picture. There may even come a day when I will be able to buy a painting (which are around 3000 pounds). Oh, and I will attend the blah event about this buzz thing called emerging church to drop some church 2.0 jokes in the right moment…
It was about one year ago that I became aware of MTV Exit, a campaign of the MTV Europe foundation against human trafficking and sex slavery.
MTV Exit
Human trafficking is the trade of human beings and their use by criminals to make money. That could mean forcing or tricking people into prostitution, begging, or manual labour. As many as 500,000 people are trafficked in Europe every year, the majority are women and girls who are forced into prostitution.
Today I received a DVD from them with a documentary called Inhuman Traffic featuring Angelina Jolie as host.
MTV Exit
Inhuman Traffic is a fast-moving and compelling documentary that provides an introduction to the human rights tragedy of trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation in Europe. Featuring Anna, a woman from Romania who was trafficked by her neighbour to the Balkans where she was forced to be a prostitute for 2.5 years, and Tatiana, a victim who spent 6 months as a sex slave in Amsterdam after being sold by her boyfriend. Their harrowing stories are told alongside other characters in the trafficking chain, including a potential victim, a young man who pays for sex, an anti-trafficking police officer, and prevention and assistance organisations. Inhuman Traffic gives an insight into the trafficking chain and how we can help break that chain.
This social issue has stirred something up in me and I’m thinking a lot about what I can do to promote the information and discussion about it. I think that blogs can really help to raise some attention about the issue. If you want to know more about it, check out Protest4, a London-based human rights organization.
Protest4
Protest4 is a growing collective of individuals in emerging culture joining together in the protest for a more just world. Rather than sitting passively in the spin, we’re discussing issues of justice, engaging in action, and inspiring others towards what could be.
They have started their own campaign against human trafficking.
Protest4
Protest4 an end to human trafficking is a response to the issue of sex-trafficking and modern-day slavery. We aim to unite individuals and groups in the fight against slavery in the 21st century
