{"id":510,"date":"2012-04-26T16:48:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T15:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=510"},"modified":"2012-04-26T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T15:48:42","slug":"real-men-dont-buy-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=510","title":{"rendered":"Real Men Don’t Buy Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a documentary maker, and now an aspiring screenwriter, what lies close to my heart is social realistic film, films with the potential to change the world. For me this often means having to dive into topics I to begin with know very little about, having to do a lot of research and gain knowledge to be able to convey my story in a proper way and with the respect it deserves. Sometimes this research phase can be a very painful process, still it is crucial! Last year I wrote a script about human trafficking in India. That this is a multimillion criminal industry with networks that spread all over the world, didn\u2019t surprise me, but I was surprised finding that it was so incorporated in the culture. For instance, the Devadasi caste, where girls are married to the Goddess Yellamma and therefore can not be married to any mortal, their duty is to perform so called religious prostitution. The devadasi system was outlawed in India in 1988, still it exists, much because of its historical status and traditions. What became clear to me as I was working with my story is that to fight human trafficking not only do we need to bring down the infrastructure and criminal networks, we also need to fight the cultural and historic traditions, the social acceptance of trading flesh. It was so heartbreaking going into this topic and really exploring what lies behind the still existing slave trade, and it is equally uplifting and assuring to see that people are gathering to spread knowledge about and put an end to this awfulness.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Som dokumentarfilmskaper, og n\u00e5 aspirerende manusforfatter, ligger den sosial realistiske filmen n\u00e6rt til mitt hjerte, filmer som kan forandre verden. For meg betyr dette at jeg ofte m\u00e5 dykke inn i temaer jeg ikke vet s\u00e5 mye om p\u00e5 forh\u00e5nd, at jeg m\u00e5 gj\u00f8re mye bakgrunnsarbeid og skaffe meg den kunnskapen som trengs for \u00e5 formidle det jeg \u00f8nsker med den respekten prosjektene mine krever. Noen ganger er denne unders\u00f8kelsesfasen hjerteskj\u00e6rende, men helt avgj\u00f8rende for resultatet. I fjor skrev jeg et manus om trafficking i India. At dette er en multibillion kriminell industri med nettverk som strekker seg over hele verden overrasket meg ikke, men jeg ble overrasket over \u00e5 finne ut at slavehandel var s\u00e5 inkorporert i landets kultur. For eksempel, devadasikasten, hvor jenter giftes bort til gudinnen Yellamma og derfor ikke kan gifte seg med vanlige d\u00f8delige, deres plikt er \u00e5 utf\u00f8re religi\u00f8s prostitusjon. Devadasisystemet ble gjort ulovlig i India i 1988, men eksisterer fremdeles i beste velg\u00e5ende p\u00e5 grunn av historisk status og tradisjoner. Hva som ble tydelig for meg gjennom arbeidet med dette manuset er at ikke bare m\u00e5 vi bekjempe den kriminelle aktiviteten, vi m\u00e5 ogs\u00e5 kjempe mot de kulturelle og historiske tradisjonene, den sosiale aksepten av menneskehandel. Det var forferdelig \u00e5 g\u00e5 inn i denne tematikken og virkelig pr\u00f8ve \u00e5 forst\u00e5 hvordan trafficking fungerer, og det er likes\u00e5 oppl\u00f8ftende og betryggende \u00e5 se at mennesker samles for \u00e5 spre kunnskap om og for \u00e5 sette en stopper for slavehandel.<\/p>\n

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Ashton Kutcher<\/center><\/p>\n

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher founded The Demi and Ashton Foundation<\/a> (DNA) to help end child sex slavery. This foundation states \u201cWe are committed to forcing sex slavery out of the shadows and into the spotlight. Freedom is a basic human right and slavery is one of the greatest threats to that freedom. No one has the right to enslave another person.\u201d The DNA Foundation launched a campaign targeting men with the message that Real Men Don’t Buy Girls. The goal of the campaign is to create a cultural shift around the implicit societal acceptance of child prostitution, and thus, child sex slavery. They hope to reach millions of people with information about the issue. More than 2 million people have participated in the campaign so far. <\/p>\n

Demi Moore og Ashton Kutcher etablerte The Demi and Ashton Foundation<\/a> (DNA) for \u00e5 kjempe mot barneprostitusjon. Denne organisasjonen stadfester at \u201cWe are committed to forcing sex slavery out of the shadows and into the spotlight. Freedom is a basic human right and slavery is one of the greatest threats to that freedom. No one has the right to enslave another person.\u201d DNA stiftelsen har lansert en kampanje rettet mot menn med budskapet: ekte mannfolk kj\u00f8per ikke jenter! M\u00e5let til denne kampajen er nettopp \u00e5 utfordre sosial aksept av barneprostitusjon, og gjennom dette sexslavehandel. Stiftelsen h\u00e5per \u00e5 n\u00e5 millioner av mennesker med sitt budskap, s\u00e5 langt har over 2 millioner deltatt i kampanjen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sean Penn<\/center><\/p>\n

Another ongoing campaign that is trying to focus on this issue is End Sex Trafficking Day<\/a> founded by Erin Giles. Through this campaign she is trying to raise funds to have a community-driven book collecting 60 essays on love, knowledge and freedom published. Further the book will be sold to raise funds for yet another campaign the Not For Sale<\/a>. Please visit the organisations mentioned and read the information they provide. Awareness and engagement are what is needed to make changes.<\/p>\n

En annen p\u00e5g\u00e5ende kampanje som fokuserer p\u00e5 denne problematikken er End Sex Trafficking Day<\/a> etablert av Erin Giles. Gjennom denne kampanjen \u00f8nsker hun \u00e5 samle inn penger til \u00e5 publisere en bok hvor ulike forfattere har g\u00e5tt sammen og presenterer 60 noveller om kj\u00e6rlighet, kunnskap og frihet. Videre skal denne boka selges til inntak for enda en kampanje, nemlig Not For Sale<\/a>. V\u00e6r snill \u00e5 ta deg tid til \u00e5 bes\u00f8ke disse kampanjene og les den informasjonen de tilbyr. Oppmerksomhet og engasjement er det som skal til for \u00e5 forandre verden!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ben Stiller<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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