After spending eight years documenting sex trafficking, [director Mimi] Chakarova has some ideas on how to solve the problem.
“Unless we tackle the discrepancy between rich and poor countries, the discrepancy in access to justice, the high level of corruption – none of these hotlines are going to make a difference,” she said, repeating the counsel of NGO worker Ana Revenco. Revenco works at Le Strada, a hotline for women who have been offered jobs abroad that offers tips on how to avoid being trafficked.
“They make a difference, but it’s so minimal that we’re not even scratching the surface,” Chakarova told IPS. Instead, she said, real progress will result only from tackling the broader societal problems.
“You see how people are pocketing money. You see how the pimps are profiting. You see cops who are using the women,” she said. “Unless you tackle those issues, Ana is absolutely right.”
