With little public influx and in the presence of hundreds of tourists and pedestrians who passed through the central square of Zocodover in Toledo this Saturday, the volunteers of Doctors of the World has achieved a performance with which he wanted to make visible the network that constitutes prostitution and human trafficking for sexual exploitation in many countries.
On the occasion of International Day Against Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking in Toledo, which is celebrated September 23The event on the Toledo stage wanted to make visible the trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation and promote with this event citizen involvement in its eradication.
The event took place in the presence of the director of the Women’s Institute, Lourdes Luna Ruizand the president of Doctors of the World Castile-La Mancha, Lourdes Nietowho stressed the importance of joint work between the regional administration and NGOs in the fight against sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Reading of the Manifesto in the central square of Zocodover in Toledo in which this situation suffered by women was denounced
The head of Médicos del Mundo explained that this performance means invite reflection on the commodification and exploitation of womenthe consequences this has on their physical and mental health and the importance of breaking this network through the involvement of everyone.
Lourdes Nieto indicated that Médicos del Mundo will continue to develop training and awareness activities on prostitution and human trafficking as a manifestation of gender violence in the region throughout the year through a project financed by the Women’s Institute with funds received from the Ministry of Equality.
SO, September 30, October 1 and 2In online format, the “XI Conference on Prostitution and Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation” will take place. Advancing the Abolition of Prostitution.
For her part, the director of Women’s Institute of Castile-La Mancha, Lourdes Luna, He recalled in his speech that the fight against sexual exploitation and Human trafficking is not just a human rights issuebut one moral and social obligation“We cannot look away when thousands of women, girls and boys are victims,” he said in a statement.
In addition to thanking Médicos del Mundo for its work, an entity that fights against gender discrimination from different angles, Luna recalled that “there are women slaves because there is prostitution, because there are men who buy their bodies,” emphasizing the urgency of addressing the root problem.
At this point, as the Commission indicated in a press release, it stressed that the Government of Castilla-La Mancha is working in two fundamental directions. eradicate trafficking and sexual exploitation in the regionThe first of these is the creation of the Regional Round Table against trafficking in women for sexual exploitation, a coordination space in which administrations, security forces and social entities will participate.
Second, he highlighted the work underway to create a specific care center for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation, a vitally important resource that will provide comprehensive and specialized care to the women concerned.
