Noy Thrupkaew: Human trafficking is all around you. This is how it works

Prevoditelj: Maja Covic Recezent: Anja Kolobarić

About 10 years ago, I went through a little bit of a hard time.

Prije deset godina prolazila sam kroz teško razdoblje.

So I decided to go see a therapist.

Stoga sam odlučila otići terapeutu.

I had been seeing her for a few months, when she looked at me one day and said,

Nakon nekoliko mjeseci terapije jednog me dana pogledala i rekla:

"Who actually raised you until you were three?"

"Tko te je zapravo odgajao do tvoje treće godine?"

Seemed like a weird question. I said, "My parents."

Pitanje mi se činilo neobično. Odgovorih: "Moji roditelji."

And she said, "I don't think that's actually the case;

A ona mi je odgovorila, "Ne vjerujem da je to tako

because if it were,

jer da jest,

we'd be dealing with things that are far more complicated than just this."

bavili bismo se s mnogo kompliciranijim stvarima od ovih."

It sounded like the setup to a joke, but I knew she was serious.

Činilo se kao da se šali, no znala sam da je ozbiljna.

Because when I first started seeing her,

Kada sam tek krenula na terapiju kod nje,

I was trying to be the funniest person in the room.

trudila sam se biti najduhovitija osoba u sobi.

And I would try and crack these jokes, but she caught on to me really quickly,

Pokušavala sam zbijati šale, ali ona me odmah prokužila

and whenever I tried to make a joke, she would look at me and say,

i kada god sam se pokušala našaliti, pogledala bi me i rekla,

"That is actually really sad."

"To je zapravo jako tužno."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

It's terrible.

Grozno.

So I knew I had to be serious, and I asked my parents

Znala sam da moram biti ozbiljna, pa sam pitala svoje roditelje,

who had actually raised me until I was three?

tko me odgajao do moje treće godine.

And to my surprise, they said

Na moje iznenađenje, rekli su mi

my primary caregiver had been a distant relative of the family.

da je glavna skrbnica bila naša daljnja rođakinja.

I had called her my auntie.

Zvala sam je tetom.

I remember my auntie so clearly,

Živo je se sjećam,

it felt like she had been part of my life when I was much older.

činilo se kao dio mog života i kad sam bila već mnogo odraslija.

I remember the thick, straight hair,

Sjećam se guste ravne kose

and how it would come around me like a curtain

koja bi me obavila poput zastora

when she bent to pick me up;

kad se saginjala;

her soft, southern Thai accent;

njezin nježan, južnotajlandski naglasak;

the way I would cling to her,

kako bih se prilijepila uz nju,

even if she just wanted to go to the bathroom

čak i kad je samo htjela otići na toalet

or get something to eat.

ili nešto pojesti.

I loved her, but [with] the ferocity that a child has sometimes

Voljela sam je, ali onom snagom koju dijete ponekad ima

before she understands that love also requires letting go.

prije nego što shvaća da ljubav zahtijeva i puštanje drugoga da ode.

But my clearest and sharpest memory of my auntie,

No, moje najjasnije sjećanje na tetu

is also one of my first memories of life at all.

ujedno je i jedno od mojih najranijih sjećanja.

I remember her being beaten and slapped by another member of my family.

Sjećam se kako ju je tukao i šamarao jedan drugi član moje obitelji.

I remember screaming hysterically and wanting it to stop,

Sjećam se kako sam histerično vrištala, želeći da prestane,

as I did every single time it happened,

kao i svaki puta kada se to dogodilo,

for things as minor as wanting to go out with her friends,

zbog nebitnih stvari poput želje da izađe s prijateljima

or being a little late.

ili ako je malo kasnila.

I became so hysterical over her treatment,

Bila sam toliko histerična zbog tog zlostavljanja

that eventually, she was just beaten behind closed doors.

da su je naposljetku tukli iza zatvorenih vrata.

Things got so bad for her that eventually she ran away.

Stanje se toliko pogoršalo da je na kraju pobjegla.

As an adult, I learned later

Kada sam odrasla, saznala sam

that she had been just 19 when she was brought over from Thailand

da je imala samo 19 godina kada su je doveli iz Tajlanda

to the States to care for me, on a tourist visa.

u SAD da se brine o meni, i to s turističkom vizom.

She wound up working in Illinois for a time,

Jedno vrijeme radila je u Illinoisu

before eventually returning to Thailand,

dok se nije vratila na Tajland,

which is where I ran into her again, at a political rally in Bangkok.

gdje sam je ponovo srela na jednom političkom okupljanju u Bangkoku.

I clung to her again, as I had when I was a child,

Prilijepila sam se uz nju, kao i onda kada sam bila dijete,

and I let go, and then I promised that I would call.

a onda sam je pustila i obećala da ću je nazvati.

I never did, though.

Ali nikad to nisam učinila.

Because I was afraid if I said everything that she meant to me --

Bojala sam se da ako joj kažem koliko mi znači

that I owed perhaps the best parts of who I became to her care,

i da svoje najbolje karakteristike dugujem njenoj brizi,

and that the words "I'm sorry" were like a thimble

da će riječ "oprosti" djelovati kao jadan pokušaj

to bail out all the guilt and shame and rage I felt

da se oslobodim sve krivnje, stida i gnjeva koje sam osjećala

over everything she had endured to care for me for as long as she had --

zbog svega kroz što je prolazila kako bi se što dulje brinula o meni.

I thought if I said those words to her, I would never stop crying again.

Mislila sam da više nikada neću prestati plakati ako joj kažem tu riječ.

Because she had saved me.

Zato što me ona spasila,

And I had not saved her.

a ja nisam spasila nju.

I'm a journalist, and I've been writing and researching human trafficking

Ja sam novinarka, istražujem i pišem o trgovini ljudima

for the past eight years or so,

zadnjih osam godina

and even so, I never put together this personal story

i usprkos tome, nisam povezala ovu osobnu priču

with my professional life until pretty recently.

sa svojim profesionalnim životom sve donedavno.

I think this profound disconnect actually symbolizes

Mislim da to moje nepovezivanje priča zapravo simbolizira

most of our understanding about human trafficking.

većinu našeg poimanja trgovine ljudima.

Because human trafficking is far more prevalent, complex and close to home

Trgovina ljudima daleko je rasprostranjenija, složenija i bliža nama

than most of us realize.

nego što većina nas to misli.

I spent time in jails and brothels,

Bila sam po zatvorima i javnim kućama,

interviewed hundreds of survivors and law enforcement, NGO workers.

intervjuirala stotine preživjelih i nevladine udruge koje provode zakone.

And when I think about what we've done about human trafficking,

Kad razmišljam o tome što smo učinili u vezi trgovine ljudima,

I am hugely disappointed.

jako sam razočarana.

Partly because we don't even talk about the problem right at all.

Dijelom zato što uopće ne razgovaramo o tom problemu na adekvatan način.

When I say "human trafficking,"

Kada kažem "trgovina ljudima",

most of you probably don't think about someone like my auntie.

većina vas vjerojatno ne razmišlja o nekome poput moje tete.

You probably think about a young girl or woman,

Vjerojatno mislite na mladu djevojku ili ženu

who's been brutally forced into prostitution by a violent pimp.

koju neki nasilni svodnik zvjerski sili na prostituciju.

That is real suffering, and that is a real story.

To je prava patnja i prava priča.

That story makes me angry

Ta me priča ljuti

for far more than just the reality of that situation, though.

mnogo više od same stvarnosti te situacije.

As a journalist, I really care about how we relate to each other through language,

Kao novinarki doista mi je stalo kako se međusobno povezujemo kroz jezik

and the way we tell that story, with all the gory, violent detail,

i kako pripovijedamo tu priču, sa svim krvavim, nasilnim detaljima,

the salacious aspects -- I call that "look at her scars" journalism.

pornografskim aspektima, ja to zovem novinarstvom tipa "pogledaj joj ožiljke".

We use that story to convince ourselves

Koristimo tu priču kako bismo sami sebe uvjerili

that human trafficking is a bad man doing a bad thing to an innocent girl.

da se trgovina ljudima svodi na zlog muškarca koji čini zlo nevinoj djevojci.

That story lets us off the hook.

Ta nas priča oslobađa krivnje.

It takes away all the societal context that we might be indicted for,

ona uklanja cijeli društveni kontekst koji bi ukazivao na nas,

for the structural inequality, or the poverty,

na nejednakost struktura ili siromaštvo,

or the barriers to migration.

ili prepreke u migraciji.

We let ourselves think

Dopuštamo si vjerovati

that human trafficking is only about forced prostitution,

da se trgovina ljudima svodi samo na prisilnu prostituciju,

when in reality,

a u stvarnosti

human trafficking is embedded in our everyday lives.

trgovina ljudima utkana je u našu svakodnevicu.

Let me show you what I mean.

Pokazat ću vam na što mislim.

Forced prostitution accounts for 22 percent of human trafficking.

Prisilna prostitucija obuhvaća 22 posto trgovine ljudima.

Ten percent is in state- imposed forced labor.

Deset posto obuhvaća prisilni rad koji nameće država,

but a whopping 68 percent is for the purpose of creating the goods

no zapanjujućih 68 posto u svrhe je stvaranja dobara

and delivering the services that most of us rely on every day,

i pružanja usluga na koje se većina nas oslanja svaki dan,

in sectors like agricultural work, domestic work and construction.

u sektorima poput poljoprivrednog rada, rada u domaćinstvu i graditeljstvu.

That is food and care and shelter.

To su hrana, njega i sklonište.

And somehow, these most essential workers

Nekako ti prijeko potrebni radnici

are also among the world's most underpaid and exploited today.

također pripadaju skupini najpotplaćenijih i najizrabljivanijih.

Human trafficking is the use of force, fraud or coercion

Trgovina ljudima uporaba je sile, prijevare ili prinude

to compel another person's labor.

kako bi se nekoga primoralo na rad.

And it's found in cotton fields, and coltan mines,

Nalazimo je na poljima pamuka, u rudnicima koltana,

and even car washes in Norway and England.

čak i u autopraonicama u Norveškoj i Engleskoj.

It's found in U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Nalazimo je u američkim vojnim bazama u Iraku i Afganistanu.

It's found in Thailand's fishing industry.

U tajlandskoj ribljoj industriji.

That country has become the largest exporter of shrimp in the world.

Ta je zemlja postala najveći izvoznik škampa na svijetu.

But what are the circumstances

No, koje su okolnosti

behind all that cheap and plentiful shrimp?

iza svih tih jeftinih i obilnih količina škampa?

Thai military were caught selling Burmese and Cambodian migrants

Tajlandska vojska uhvaćena je kako prodaje burmanske i kambodžanske migrante

onto fishing boats.

na ribaricama.

Those fishing boats were taken out, the men put to work,

Te su ribarice isplovile, muškarce se prisililo na rad

and they were thrown overboard if they made the mistake of falling sick,

i bacalo ih se u vodu ako su se ogriješili razbolivši se

or trying to resist their treatment.

ili pokušavajući se oduprijeti takvu tretmanu.

Those fish were then used to feed shrimp,

Tim su ribama potom hranili škampe.

The shrimp were then sold to four major global retailers:

Škampe su zatim kupovale četiri najveće svjetske trgovine na malo:

Costco, Tesco, Walmart and Carrefour.

Costco, Tesco, Walmart i Carrefour.

Human trafficking is found on a smaller scale than just that,

Trgovinu ljudi nalazimo i u manjoj mjeri,

and in places you would never even imagine.

i na nezamislivim mjestima .

Traffickers have forced young people to drive ice cream trucks,

Trgovci ljudima sile mlade da voze kamione sa sladoledom,

or to sing in touring boys' choirs.

ili da pjevaju u dječačkim putujućim zborovima.

Trafficking has even been found in a hair braiding salon in New Jersey.

Čak se i u frizerskom salonu u New Jerseyju otkrila trgovina ljudi.

The scheme in that case was incredible.

Plan im je bio nevjerojatan.

The traffickers found young families who were from Ghana and Togo,

Trgovci ljudima nalazili su mlade obitelji iz Gane i Togoa

and they told these families that "your daughters are going to get

i govorili im da će njihove kćeri dobiti

a fine education in the United States."

dobro obrazovanje u SAD-u.

They then located winners of the green card lottery,

Potom bi pronašli dobitnike lutrije za zelenu kartu

and they told them, "We'll help you out.

i govorili im da će im oni pomoći.

We'll get you a plane ticket. We'll pay your fees.

Da će im nabaviti avionske karte i platiti troškove.

All you have to do is take this young girl with you,

Jedino su morali sa sobom povesti tu mladu djevojku

say that she's your sister or your spouse.

i reći da im je to sestra ili supruga.

Once everyone arrived in New Jersey, the young girls were taken away,

Jednom kada bi svi stigli u New Jersey, djevojke bi se odvodilo

and put to work for 14-hour days,

i sililo na rad od 14 sati dnevno,

seven days a week, for five years.

svaki dan u tjednu, tijekom pet godina.

They made their traffickers nearly four million dollars.

Svojim trgovcima zaradile su gotovo četiri milijuna dolara.

This is a huge problem.

Ovo je ogroman problem.

So what have we done about it?

Što smo poduzeli da ga riješimo?

We've mostly turned to the criminal justice system.

Uglavnom smo se obratili pravnom sustavu za kriminal.

But keep in mind, most victims of human trafficking are poor and marginalized.

No nemojte zaboraviti da je većina žrtava ove trgovine siromašna i marginalizirana.

They're migrants, people of color.

To su migranti, ljudi različitih rasa.

Sometimes they're in the sex trade.

Ponekad su upleteni u prostituciju.

And for populations like these,

Za takve skupine

the criminal justice system is too often part of the problem,

pravni sustav prečesto je dio problema

rather than the solution.

umjesto da je rješenje.

In study after study, in countries ranging from Bangladesh to the United States,

U studiji za studijom, u zemljama od Bangladeša do SAD-a,

between 20 and 60 percent of the people in the sex trade who were surveyed

između 20 i 60 posto ispitanih ljudi upletenih u prostituciju

said that they had been raped or assaulted by the police in the past year alone.

reklo je da ih je samo u protekloj godini silovala ili napala policija.

People in prostitution, including people who have been trafficked into it,

Ljudi u prostituciji, uključujući one koju su u nju ušli trgovinom,

regularly receive multiple convictions for prostitution.

redovito dobivaju brojne osude za prostituciju.

Having that criminal record makes it so much more difficult

Takav kriminalni dosje još više otežava

to leave poverty, leave abuse, or leave prostitution,

ljudima da isplivaju iz siromaštva, nasilja ili prostitucije

if that person so desires.

ako to žele.

Workers outside of the sex sector --

Radnici izvan tog sektora;

if they try and resist their treatment, they risk deportation.

ako se pokušaju obraniti od lošeg ophođenja, riskiraju da ih se deportira.

In case after case I've studied, employers have no problem

U svakoj studiji koju sam pročitala, poslodavci se ne libe

calling on law enforcement to try and threaten or deport

pozivati na zakon i prijetiti ili deportirati

their striking trafficked workers.

svoje radnike koji štrajkaju.

If those workers run away,

Ako ti radnici pobjegnu,

they risk becoming part of the great mass of undocumented workers

riskiraju da postanu dijelom goleme mase nedokumentiranih radnika

who are also subject to the whims of law enforcement if they're caught.

koji također ovise o hirovima pravnog sustava ako ih se uhvati.

Law enforcement is supposed to identify victims and prosecute traffickers.

Pravni sustav trebao bi identificirati žrtve i kazneno goniti trgovce ljudima.

But out of an estimated 21 million victims of human trafficking in the world,

No, od 21 milijuna žrtava trgovine ljudima diljem svijeta

they have helped and identified fewer than 50,000 people.

pomogli su i identificirali manje od 50 tisuća ljudi.

That's like comparing

To je kao da uspoređujemo

the population of the world to the population of Los Angeles,

svjetsku populaciju s populacijom Los Angelesa,

proportionally speaking.

gledajući taj omjer.

As for convictions, out of an estimated 5,700 convictions in 2013,

Što se tiče presuda, od 5.700 presuda donesenih 2013. godine,

fewer than 500 were for labor trafficking.

manje od 500 bilo ih je za trgovinu radom.

Keep in mind that labor trafficking

Imajte na umu da trgovanje radom

accounts for 68 percent of all trafficking,

obuhvaća 68 posto cijele trgovine,

but fewer than 10 percent of the convictions.

no manje od 10 posto svih presuda.

I've heard one expert say that trafficking happens where need meets greed.

Jedan stručnjak rekao je da trgovina nastaje kada se spoje potreba i pohlepa.

I'd like to add one more element to that.

Tome bih dodala još jedan element.

Trafficking happens in sectors where workers are excluded from protections,

Trgovina nastaje u sektorima gdje se radnike liši zaštite

and denied the right to organize.

i prava da se organiziraju.

Trafficking doesn't happen in a vacuum.

Trgovina ljudima ne odvija se u vakuumu.

It happens in systematically degraded work environments.

Odvija se u sustavno degradirajućim radnim okruženjima.

You might be thinking,

Mogli biste pomisliti

oh, she's talking about failed states, or war-torn states, or --

da govorim o neuređenim državama ili zemljama koje je poharao rat,

I'm actually talking about the United States.

no ja govorim o SAD-u.

Let me tell you what that looks like.

Objasnit ću vam kako to izgleda.

I spent many months researching a trafficking case called Global Horizons,

Mjesecima sam istraživala slučaj trgovine koji se zove Global Horizons

involving hundreds of Thai farm workers.

koji uključuje stotine tajlandskih poljodjelaca.

They were sent all over the States, to work in Hawaii pineapple plantations,

Slalo ih se diljem SAD-a da rade na plantažama ananasa na Havajima,

and Washington apple orchards, and anywhere the work was needed.

voćnjacima jabuka u Washingtonu i svugdje gdje je posao to zahtijevao.

They were promised three years of solid agricultural work.

Obećavalo im se tri godine sigurnog poljoprivrednog posla.

So they made a calculated risk.

Odlučili su se za proračunati rizik.

They sold their land, they sold their wives' jewelry,

Prodali su svoju zemlju, suprugin nakit

to make thousands in recruitment fees for this company, Global Horizons.

kako bi skupili tisuće za troškove kadrovanja za tu tvrtku Global Horizons.

But once they were brought over,

Međutim, jednom kada ih se dovede,

their passports were confiscated.

oduzmu im se putovnice.

Some of the men were beaten and held at gunpoint.

Neke su muškarce tukli i prijetili im pištoljem.

They worked so hard they fainted in the fields.

Toliko su naporno radili da su padali u nesvijest na poljima.

This case hit me so hard.

Taj slučaj jako me pogodio.

After I came back home,

Kada sam se vratila kući,

I was wandering through the grocery store, and I froze in the produce department.

prolazila sam kroz trgovinu i sledila se na odjelu voća i povrća.

I was remembering the over-the-top meals the Global Horizons survivors

Sjetila sam se preobilnih jela koja bi bivši radnici iz Global Horizonsa

would make for me every time I showed up to interview them.

pripremili za mene svaki put kad bih ih došla intervjuirati.

They finished one meal with this plate of perfect, long-stemmed strawberries,

Jedan od tih objeda završio je tanjurom punim savršenih jagoda s dugim peteljkama

and as they handed them to me, they said,

i dok su mi ih davali, rekli su:

"Aren't these the kind of strawberries you eat with somebody special

"Nisu li ovo jagode koje biste jeli s nekim posebnim

in the States?

u SAD-u?

And don't they taste so much better

I zar nemaju puno bolji okus

when you know the people whose hands picked them for you?"

kada znate ljude čije su ih ruke ubrale za vas?"

As I stood in that grocery store weeks later, I realized I had no idea

Dok sam tjednima kasnije stajala u tom dućanu, sinulo mi je da nisam imala pojma

of who to thank for this plenty,

kome da zahvalim za to obilje

and no idea of how they were being treated.

niti kako se te ljude tretira.

So, like the journalist I am, I started digging into the agricultural sector.

Stoga sam kao prava novinarka počela kopati po poljoprivrednom sektoru.

And I found there are too many fields, and too few labor inspectors.

Saznala sam da postoji previše područja i premalo inspektora rada.

I found multiple layers of plausible deniability

Otkrila sam višestruko poricanje odgovornosti

between grower and distributor and processor, and God knows who else.

između uzgajivača, distributera, prerađivača i tko zna koga još.

The Global Horizons survivors had been brought to the States

Ljudi koji su se uspjeli izvući iz GH-a dovelo se u SAD

on a temporary guest worker program.

na temelju programa sezonskog rada.

That guest worker program ties a person's legal status

Taj program veže pravni status radnika

to his or her employer,

uz njegova/njezina poslodavca,

and denies that worker the right to organize.

a radnika lišava prava da se organizira.

Mind you, none of what I am describing about this agricultural sector

Imajte na umu da ništa od ovoga veznog uz poljoprivredni sektor

or the guest worker program is actually human trafficking.

ili program sezonskog rada nije trgovina ljudima.

It is merely what we find legally tolerable.

To je nešto što smatramo jedva pravno dopustivim.

And I would argue this is fertile ground for exploitation.

Smatram da je ovo plodno tlo za izrabljivanje.

And all of this had been hidden to me, before I had tried to understand it.

Sve mi je ovo bilo skriveno, prije nego što sam to pokušala razumjeti.

I wasn't the only person grappling with these issues.

Nisam bila jedina osoba koja se borila s ovim problemima.

Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay,

Pierre Omidyar, osnivač eBaya,

is one of the biggest anti-trafficking philanthropists in the world.

jedan je od najvećih filantropa na svijetu koji se bore protiv trgovine ljudi

And even he wound up accidentally investing nearly 10 million dollars

I čak je i on sasvim slučajno uložio gotovo 10 milijuna dolara

in the pineapple plantation cited as having the worst working conditions

u plantažu ananasa za koju se navodilo da ima najgore uvjete rada

in that Global Horizons case.

u slučaju GH-a.

When he found out, he and his wife were shocked and horrified,

Kada je to saznao, on i njegova supruga bili su šokirani i užasnuti

and they wound up writing an op-ed for a newspaper,

te su napisali otvoreno pismo za novine

saying that it was up to all of us to learn everything we can

navodeći kako se svi mi moramo što više informirati

about the labor and supply chains of the products that we support.

o radu i lancu opskrbe proizvoda koje podržavamo.

I totally agree.

Ja se s time potpuno slažem.

What would happen if each one of us decided

Što bi se dogodilo kad bi svatko od nas odlučio

that we are no longer going to support companies

da više neće podupirati tvrtke

if they don't eliminate exploitation from their labor and supply chains?

ako iz svog rada i lanca opskrbe ne uklone izrabljivanje?

If we demanded laws calling for the same?

Da počnemo zahtijevati zakone koji će upravo na tome inzistirati?

If all the CEOs out there decided

Da svi glavni direktori odluče

that they were going to go through their businesses and say, "no more"?

da će provjeriti svoja poslovanja i reći "dosta"?

If we ended recruitment fees for migrant workers?

Da zaustavimo troškove kadrovanja za radnike imigrante?

If we decided that guest workers should have the right to organize

Da odlučimo da sezonski radnici moraju imati pravo organiziranja

without fear of retaliation?

bez straha od odmazde?

These would be decisions heard around the world.

Za takve odluke čulo bi se diljem svijeta.

This isn't a matter of buying a fair-trade peach

Tu se ne radi o kupovanju breskve iz pravedne trgovine

and calling it a day, buying a guilt-free zone with your money.

i smatranju da je to dovoljno, kupovati si osjećaj slobode od odgovornosti.

That's not how it works.

To ne funkcionira tako.

This is the decision to change a system that is broken,

Ovo je odluka o promjeni slomljenog sustava,

and that we have unwittingly but willingly

koji smo nesvjesno, ali dobrovoljno

allowed ourselves to profit from and benefit from for too long.

predugo izrabljivali u našu korist.

We often dwell on human trafficking survivors' victimization.

Često se fokusiramo na viktimizaciju ljudi koji su prošli strahotu trgovine ljudima,

But that is not my experience of them.

no ja ih nisam tako doživjela.

Over all the years that I've been talking to them,

Tijekom svih godina mog razgovora s njima

they have taught me that we are more than our worst days.

naučili su me da nas ne trebaju definirati samo naši najgori dani.

Each one of us is more than what we have lived through.

Svatko od nas više je od zbroja svega što smo prošli.

Especially trafficking survivors.

Posebno oni koji su prošli trgovinu ljudima.

These people were the most resourceful and resilient and responsible

Ti ljudi bili su najdomišljatiji, najžilaviji i najodgovorniji

in their communities.

u svojim zajednicama.

They were the people that you would take a gamble on.

To su ljudi na koje biste se okladili.

You'd say, I'm gong to sell my rings, because I have the chance

Rekli biste, "Prodat ću svoje prstenje jer imam priliku

to send you off to a better future.

dati ti bolju budućnost."

They were the emissaries of hope.

Oni su glasnici nade.

These survivors don't need saving.

Ti preživjeli ne trebaju nekoga da ih spasi.

They need solidarity, because they're behind

Trebaju solidarnost jer su uključeni

some of the most exciting social justice movements out there today.

u jedan od najuzbudljivijih pokreta socijalne pravde.

The nannies and housekeepers who marched with their families

Dadilje i domaćice koje koračaju sa svojim obiteljima

and their employers' families --

i obiteljima svojih poslodavaca -

their activism got us an international treaty

njihov aktivizam donio nam je međunarodni sporazum

on domestic workers' rights.

o pravima posluge.

The Nepali women who were trafficked into the sex trade --

Nepalske žene koje su bile prodane za prostituciju,

they came together, and they decided

okupile su se i odlučile

that they were going to make the world's first anti-trafficking organization

napraviti prvu organizaciju protiv trgovine ljudima

actually headed and run by trafficking survivors themselves.

koju predsjedaju i vode sami ljudi koji su se izvukli iz tog pakla.

These Indian shipyard workers were trafficked

Ti indijski radnici na brodogradilištima bili su prodani

to do post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction.

da rade na obnovi nakon uragana Katrine.

They were threatened with deportation, but they broke out of their work compound

Prijetilo im se deportacijom, no oni su pobjegli iz svog radnog prostora

and they marched from New Orleans to Washington, D.C.,

i marširali od New Orleansa do Washingtona

to protest labor exploitation.

i protestirali protiv radnog izrabljivanja.

They cofounded an organization called the National Guest Worker Alliance,

Osnovali su organizaciju nazvanu Nacionalna udruga sezonskih radnika,

and through this organization, they have wound up helping other workers

i kroz nju pomogli su ostalim radnicima

bring to light exploitation and abuses in supply chains

da objelodane izrabljivanje i zlostavljanje u lancima opskrbe

in Walmart and Hershey's factories.

u tvornicama Walmarta i Hershey'sa.

And although the Department of Justice declined to take their case,

Iako je Američko ministarstvo pravosuđa odbilo prihvatiti njihov slučaj,

a team of civil rights lawyers won the first of a dozen civil suits

grupa odvjetnika za građanska prava dobilo je prvu od desetak građanskih tužbi

this February, and got their clients 14 million dollars.

ove veljače, a njihovi klijenti 14 milijuna dolara odštete.

These survivors are fighting for people they don't even know yet,

Ti ljudi bore se za druge ljude koje još ni ne znaju,

other workers, and for the possibility of a just world for all of us.

za druge radnike i za mogućnost postojanja pravednog svijeta za sve nas.

This is our chance to do the same.

Ovo je naša prilika da učinimo isto.

This is our chance to make the decision

Prilika da donesemo odluku

that tells us who we are, as a people and as a society;

koja nam govori tko smo mi, kao ljudi i kao društvo,

that our prosperity is no longer prosperity,

da naš boljitak više nije boljitak

as long as it is pinned to other people's pain;

sve dok se veže uz tuđu patnju,

that our lives are inextricably woven together;

da su naši životi neraskidivo povezani

and that we have the power to make a different choice.

i da imamo moć donijeti drukčiju odluku.

I was so reluctant to share my story of my auntie with you.

Nisam bila sigurna trebam li s vama podijeliti svoju priču o teti.

Before I started this TED process and climbed up on this stage,

Prije ovog iskustva s TED-om i uspinjanja na ovu pozornicu

I had told literally a handful of people about it,

podijelila sam je s doslovce šačicom ljudi

because, like many a journalist,

budući da, poput mnogih novinara,

I am far more interested in learning about your stories

više me zanimaju vaše priče

than sharing much, if anything, about my own.

nego da dijelim išta od svojih.

I also haven't done my journalistic due diligence on this.

Nisam joj posvetila dužnu novinarsku temeljitost,

I haven't issued my mountains of document requests,

niti zatražila izdavanje gomile dokumenata,

and interviewed everyone and their mother,

niti intervjuirala svakoga i njihove majke

and I haven't found my auntie yet.

niti sam još uvijek pronašla svoju tetu.

I don't know her story of what happened, and of her life now.

Ne znam njezinu priču o tome što se dogodilo i njezinom sadašnjem životu.

The story as I've told it to you is messy and unfinished.

Priča koju sam ja ispričala zamršena je i nedovršena.

But I think it mirrors the messy and unfinished situation we're all in,

No mislim da prikazuje u kakvoj smo zamršenoj i nedovršenoj situaciji svi mi

when it comes to human trafficking.

kada se radi o trgovini ljudima.

We are all implicated in this problem.

Svi smo mi umiješani u ovaj problem,

But that means we are all also part of its solution.

no to znači da smo svi mi i dio rješenja.

Figuring out how to build a more just world is our work to do,

Naš je zadatak smisliti kako izgraditi pravedniji svijet,

and our story to tell.

to je naša priča koju treba ispričati.

So let us tell it the way we should have done,

Ispričajmo je onako kako smo trebali

from the very beginning.

od samoga početka.

Let us tell this story together.

Ispričajmo je zajedno.

Thank you so much.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)