Interview with Dr. Lola Karimova, AESOP Center, Moscow, part 2
Title | Título:
Interview with Dr. Lola Karimova, AESOP Center, Moscow, part 2
Description | Descripción:
Second part of interview (in Russian) with Dr. Lola Karimova of the AESOP Centre in Moscow. She continues to talk about sex workers in Moscow and the women she has been in contact with. She says she is most concerned about street prostitutes, and wants to publish a small booklet for the women who work at the train station. She recounts a story of meeting an 11-year-old girl who was working as a prostitute. At the end of the interview, there is an MCU of the interviewer Natalia Blinkova re-asking all of the questions and looking off-screen, shot for video production purposes. | Thousands of women from Russia and post-Soviet states have endured exploitation and slavery, yet their stories have been largely ignored by most law enforcement agencies and governments. Police agencies in receiving countries often minimize the extent of trafficking, and governments usually respond to trafficking as a problem of illegal migration, an approach that transforms women victimized by particular circumstances into criminals. To learn why and how this form of modern slavery persists, and to propose solutions, the Global Survival Network (GSN) conducted a study from August 1995 through the Autumn of 1997 to uncover the rapidly growing trade in Russian women for the purposes of prostitution. GSN conducted videotaped interviews with numerous non-governmental organizations, women who had been trafficked overseas, and police and government officials in Russia, Western Europe, Asia, and the United States. In order to delve into and learn more about the world of organized crime and its role in Russian sex trafficking, GSN also conducted some unconventional research by establishing a dummy company that purportedly specialized in importing foreign women as escorts and entertainers. Under the guide of this company, GSN successfully gained entry to the operations of international trafficking networks based in Russia and beyond. Many of the interviews were recorded with hidden cameras and provide insight into the trafficking underworld in action. Wherever legal, interviews were recorded by hidden cameras directly inside the establishments where prostitution was occurring. Whenever possible, the investigators revealed the nature of the work. In some cases, security conditions for both the investigator and the persons interviewed prevented disclosure. In order to preserve the safety and privacy of all parties involved, pseudonyms have been given to the persons interviewed during GSN's covert investigations, and whenever requested otherwise. \Bought and Sold: An Investigative Documentary on the International Trade in Women\ was produced by GSN in collaboration with WITNESS in 1997, based on the two year undercover investigation. This groundbreaking documentary helped to catalyze legislative reform on trafficking as well as new financial resources to address the problem. | A/D flag: analog. Generation: original. Signal format: NTSC. Carrier number 3165 of 4707
Contributor | Contribuidor:
Global Survival Network (Creator), Blinkova, Natalia (Interviewer), and Caldwell, Gillian (Cinematographer)
Rights - Use & Reproduction | Derechos - uso & reproducción:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language | Idioma:
Russian
Place of publication | Lugar de publicación:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Topic | Tema:
Armed conflict and persecution--Sexual violence, Conflicto armado y persecución--Violencia sexual, Civil and political rights--Women's rights, Derechos civiles y políticos--Derechos de las mujeres, Economic, social, and cultural rights--Economic and labor rights--Sex workers, Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales--Derechos económicos y laborales--Trabajadoras sexuales, Armed conflict and persecution--Domestic violence, Conflicto armado y persecución--Violencia doméstica, Economic, social, and cultural rights--Health and healthcare, Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales--Salud y cuidado de la salud, Civil and political rights--Discrimination--Gender discrimination, and \nDerechos civiles y políticos--\nDiscriminación--Discriminación de género
Place Name | Nombre del lugar:
Moscow (Russia) and Moscú (Rusia, Óblast)
UTL DAMS PID:
hrdi:7852788f-aecb-43bf-b3dc-c5a4f13dd0ac
Local Identifier| Identificador local :
witness_gsn_3165_B01498 and Dr. Lola Karimov 2.6.96 Russia/Moscow ST24 NTSC Part II
Related Resource – Host | Recursos relacionados:
Global Survival Network’s footage for Bought & Sold: An Investigative Documentary about the International Trade in Women (title) and https://txarchives.org/hrdi/finding_aids/00009.xml (uri)