The web reflects the sexist and sexual violence suffered by young people in the streets, means of transportation or school playgrounds. This is the worrying finding by the sociological study on cybersexism (concerning the 12/15 years old teenagers - fr)which has just been published by the Centre Hubertine Auclert. Beyond the Pyrénées, a recent Spanish study shows 20% of the students interviewed think there is no problem in “using the services” of a prostituted person. Is the trivialization of sexual violence, sexual domination and sexism going to be a usual aspect of youth’s lives?
Yves Charpenel, the President of The Scelles Foundation and a premier advocate at the Supreme Court of France, stepped in, as part of the International Congress on the fight against sexual exploitation via the demand, to present the French Act of the 13th of April 2016 as well as the major progress that has been made toward reversing criminal charges against prostitutes and fighting the system of prostitution. The conference, organized by Unidos vs Trata and CAP International, took place from the 4th to the 6th of October in the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City.
The Scelles Foundation had the honor of receiving Susan Coppedge, the American Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Senior advisor to John Kerry. The meeting provided the embassy and The Scelles Foundation with a unique opportunity to share experiences.
It was at the request of the American embassy in Paris that the meeting took place on the 9th of September. Susan Coppedge took advantage of her trip to Paris to visit Fondation Scelles and have a discussion with Yves Charpenel, the president of the organization. She was accompanied by Haley Wright, from the Department of State in charge of combatting human trafficking, Alexandra Shema, the secretary of political affairs who works towards the protection of human rights alongside the Ambassador, and Morgane Lavenant, of the Ambassador’s bureau of political affairs.
At a time when 23 year old Nadia Murad, a Yazidis woman, appointed UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking, the genocide perpetrated by Daesh against the Yazidi community goes on.
Nadia Murad Basee Taha was appointed Ambassador to the UN for the dignity of victims of human trafficking on September 16. Abducted in 2014, and sold several times by Daech, Nadia Murad managed to escape after a three months captivity and sexual slavery.
The United Nations University (UNU) has just published a report entitled "Fighting Human Trafficking in conflict" which features 10 ideas for action by the Security Council in sectors like technology, finance and recruitment, to better combat trafficking in human beings in situations of conflict.
This document confirms the observation made in the 2016 Global Report by the Scelles Foundation whoredom, on the scale of modern slavery today identified as one of the greatest tragedies of our times, increasing vulnerability people to exploitation in conflict situations, by terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and Daesh and the institutionalization and organization of this slavery, which now develops through social networks.