Interview with Tatiana Zabelina, Moscow Youth Institute
Title | Título:
Interview with Tatiana Zabelina, Moscow Youth Institute
Other title | Título alternativo:
Interview with Dr. Lola Karimova, AESOP Center, Moscow, part 1
Other Subtitle:
Part 1
Description | Descripción:
The first part of this video is an interview (in English) with Tatiana Zabelina from the Moscow Youth Institute. She founded the Center for Women, Family, and Gender Studies at the institute in 1993. She begins by talking about the work that the center has done, and their current project to provide organizational training and seminars for young women and for health service providers. Zabelina cites a poll that showed that 22% of girls were willing to have sex for money. She talks about problems with education, family structure, and poverty in smaller cities that lead to prostitution, and about the spread of AIDS related to prostitution. Zabelina says that the trade of women is controlled by the Mafia, and talks about a recent trial in Germany involving Russian sex workers who were murdered in a brothel. She says that girls are controlled by the Mafia because they have no rights in the countries they are in, have no support, and are afraid. Zabelina discusses various cases of child sexual exploitation, and says that the path to prostitution often begins with rape. Zabelina says that media plays a negative role, showing prostitution as a well-paid, easy, and safe profession. Since perestroika, problems are more openly discussed and there are more programs and organizations; however, women's sexuality is now being exploited in capitalist ways.Zabelina says that everyone involved in prostitution should be punished, and that there should be better control over companies that trade in women. She says there should be state-sponsored programs to help girls. At the end of the interview, there is a MS of interviewer Gillian Caldwell and Zabelina. Caldwell re-asks the questions from the interview for video production purposes. The second part of this video is the first part of an interview (in Russian) with Dr. Lola Karimova, director of the program for women's sexual wellness at the AESOP Center in Moscow. In the interview she talks about the increase in sexually transmitted diseases like syphilis due to social decline, migration, commercialization of sex, and the complete lack of sex education programs. She also talks about treatment for survivors of rape and marital rape, saying that doctors in Russia are not adequately trained. Dr. Karimova discusses prostitution in Russia, and her experience working with \\elite\\ prostitutes. These women are highly educated, concerned about their health, and aware of diseases. They work as prostitutes to earn extra income. She also talks about working with street prostitutes, who are very young and do not know about basic hygiene and health. Dr. Karimova talks about the social relations between men and women in Russia. She says that men are not aware of women's problems, and tend to not share responsibility for children. In terms of the sexual culture in Russia, she says that during the transition from socialism, a \sexual revolution\ took place in which pornography became readily available, but not sex education. The interview returns to the topic of prostitution. Dr. Karimova talks about a successful Dutch program that provided health education as well as practical information for prostitutes. She then tells a story about a young woman who ended up as a prostitute, transmitted sexual diseases to many johns, and was mistreated by police. Dr. Karimova also talks about the perception of prostitution in Russia. | 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: physDigital. Generation: original. Signal format: NTSC. Carrier number 1 of 1
Contributor | Contribuidor:
Global Survival Network (Creator), Blinkova, Natalia (Videographer), and Caldwell, Gillian (Interviewer)
Rights - Use & Reproduction | Derechos - uso & reproducción:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language | Idioma:
Russian and English
Place of publication | Lugar de publicación:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Topic | Tema:
Civil and political rights--Women's rights, Derechos civiles y políticos--Derechos de las mujeres, Armed conflict and persecution--Domestic violence, Conflicto armado y persecución--Violencia doméstica, Armed conflict and persecution--Sexual violence, Conflicto armado y persecución--Violencia sexual, Economic, social, and cultural rights--Economic and labor rights--Human trafficking, Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales--Derechos económicos y laborales--Trata de personas\n, Economic, social, and cultural rights--Economic and labor rights--Sex workers, Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales--Derechos económicos y laborales--Trabajadoras sexuales, Economic social and cultural rights--Economic and labor rights--Globalization, Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales--Derechos económicos y laborales--Globalización, Economic, social, and cultural rights--Health and healthcare, and Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales--Salud y cuidado de la salud
Place Name | Nombre del lugar:
Moscow (Russia), Moscú (Rusia, Óblast), St. Petersburg (Russia), and San Petersburgo (Rusia)
UTL DAMS PID:
hrdi:bdf98c61-5f73-4a44-b5b7-5d60f72e0033
Local Identifier| Identificador local :
witness_gsn_3162_B01494 and 3162_B01494
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)