RealStars has had a good collaboration with the hotel for a while and we are happy that Clarion keeps on being open for bigger collaborations. A couple of different participants gathered to shine a light on the question of human trafficking and prostitution in Gothenburg, and the program of the day was filled with different speakers. During the day we got to know about many different human fates.
The organisation Talita, which runs a home for victims of trafficking in Stockholm, talks about women who have been saved from prostitution and that through Talita, have gotten to live a life in peace. Caroline Casco from The Rescue Mission of Gothenburg also told us stories from what she has seen from working against prostitution in Gothenburg.
But the important, she says, is to not let the invisible things pass unnoticed. Not stacks in statistics, she says. Today, the street prostitution has minimised, and instead we see, amongst other things, people begging. It is first and foremost men who wants to buy other peoples bodies, and they are the ones we need to get to.
A common argument that Zanna Johansson often hears is that girls sell sex voluntarily. In newspapers, sometimes girls talk about how they are studying and selling sex on the side to extend their student economy.
But a girl like that has Zanna Johansson never met during her time. These women are extremely exposed, and are being recruited from marginalised groups from poor countries. Often they come from poverty, addiction and have previously been sexually abused.
