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

Prevodilac: Tijana Mihajlović Lektor: Mile Živković

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

Pre nekih 10 godina, prošla sam kroz težak period,

So I decided to go see a therapist.

pa sam odlučila da posetim psihijatra.

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

Posećivala sam je par meseci, sve dok me nije pogledala jednog dana i rekla:

"Who actually raised you until you were three?"

"Ko te je, u stvari, odgajao do treće godine?"

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

Činilo se kao uvrnuto pitanje. Rekla sam: "Moji roditelji",

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

a ona je rekla: "Ne mislim da je bilo tako,

because if it were,

jer da jeste,

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

bavile bi se stvarima koje su mnogo komplikovanije od ovoga.

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

Zvučalo je kao da se šali, ali znala sam da je ozbiljna,

Because when I first started seeing her,

jer kada sam je isprva počela posećivati,

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

pokušavala sam da budem najsmešnija osoba u sobi

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

i pokušala sam da pričam viceve, ali me je skapirala prilično brzo

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

i kad god bih pokušala da se našalim, pogledala bi me i rekla:

"That is actually really sad."

"To je zapravo veoma tužno".

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

It's terrible.

Grozno.

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

Znala sam da moram da budem ozbiljna i pitala sam svoje roditelje

who had actually raised me until I was three?

ko me je u stvari odgajao do treće godine?

And to my surprise, they said

Na moje iznenađenje, rekli su

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

da je moj prvobitni staratelj bila daleka rođaka.

I had called her my auntie.

Zvala sam je "moja teta".

I remember my auntie so clearly,

Sećam se svoje tete toliko jasno

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

da se činilo kao da je deo mog života kada sam bila mnogo starija.

I remember the thick, straight hair,

Sećam se guste, prave kose

and how it would come around me like a curtain

i načina na koji bi me obavila, poput zavese,

when she bent to pick me up;

kada bi se sagla da me uzme;

her soft, southern Thai accent;

njenog mekog, južno-tajlandskog akcenta,

the way I would cling to her,

načina na koji bih se držala za nju

even if she just wanted to go to the bathroom

čak i ako bi samo htela da ode do toaleta

or get something to eat.

ili da uzme da jede.

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

Volela sam je, ali s okrutnošću koje dete ponekad ima

before she understands that love also requires letting go.

pre nego što shvati da ljubav zahteva i ostavljanje na miru.

But my clearest and sharpest memory of my auntie,

Moje najjasnije i najčistije sećanje na moju tetu, međutim,

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

je i moje prvo životno sećanje uopšte.

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

Sećam se da ju je jedan rođak tukao i udarao.

I remember screaming hysterically and wanting it to stop,

Sećam se histeričnog vrištanja i želje da to prestane,

as I did every single time it happened,

kao i svaki put kada bi se to desilo,

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

zbog stvari tako sitnih kao što je izlazak sa prijateljima

or being a little late.

ili malo zakašnjenje.

I became so hysterical over her treatment,

Postala sam toliko histerična zbog tog ponašanja

that eventually, she was just beaten behind closed doors.

da su je na kraju tukli iza zatvorenih vrata.

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

Postalo je toliko loše po nju da je na kraju pobegla.

As an adult, I learned later

Kao odrasla, kasnije sam shvatila

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

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

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

u Sjedinjene Države da brine o meni, sa turističkom vizom.

She wound up working in Illinois for a time,

Završila je radeći u Ilinoisu neko vreme

before eventually returning to Thailand,

pre nego što se konačno vratila na Tajland,

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

gde sam naletela na nju ponovo tokom političkog sastanka u Bangkoku.

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

Obujmila sam je ponovo, kao što sam radila kada sam bila dete,

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

i pustila, a zatim sam obećala da ću je nazvati.

I never did, though.

Međutim, nikada nisam

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

jer sam se plašila da, ako kažem šta mi je značila

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

da je možda njena briga zaslužna za najbolje delove onoga što sam postala

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

i da su reči "žao mi je" bile kao okovi

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

koji bi izvukli na površinu svu krivicu, stid i bes koje sam osećala

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

zbog svega što je pretrpela da bi brinula o meni dokle god je morala -

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

mislila sam da, ako izgovorim ove reči, nikada neću prestati da plačem,

Because she had saved me.

jer me je spasila,

And I had not saved her.

a ja nju nisam.

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

Novinarka sam i radim i istražujem trgovinu ljudima

for the past eight years or so,

unazad nekih osam godina

and even so, I never put together this personal story

i, čak i pored toga, nikada nisam povezala ovu ličnu priču

with my professional life until pretty recently.

sa svojim profesionalnim životom, sve do skoro.

I think this profound disconnect actually symbolizes

Mislim da ovaj duboki prekid veze u stvari simbolizuje

most of our understanding about human trafficking.

veći deo našeg razumevanja pitanja trgovine ljudima.

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

Trgovina ljudima je mnogo češća, složenija i ličnija

than most of us realize.

nego što većina nas shvata.

I spent time in jails and brothels,

Bila sam u zatvorima i bordelima,

interviewed hundreds of survivors and law enforcement, NGO workers.

intevjuisala na stotine preživelih, predstavnika zakona i NVO radnika

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

i kad razmišljam šta smo uradili povodom trgovine ljudima,

I am hugely disappointed.

veoma sam razočarana,

delimično i zbog toga što uopšte ne pričamo o problemu kako bi trebalo.

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

When I say "human trafficking,"

Kada kažem "trgovina ljudima",

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

većina vas verovatno neće pomisliti na nekoga kao što je moja teta.

You probably think about a young girl or woman,

Verovatno ćete pomisliti na mladu devojku ili ženu

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

koju je nasilni makro brutalno primorao na prostituciju.

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

To je prava patnja i istinita priča.

That story makes me angry

Priča me čini besnom,

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

međutim, mnogo više nego stvarnost ove situacije.

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

Kao novinarka, stvarno obraćam pažnju na to kako se odnosimo jedni prema drugima

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

kroz jezik, a način na koji pričamo priču zajedno sa krvavim, nasilnim detaljima,

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

razvratnim aspektima - to zovem "pogledajte-njene-ožiljke" novinarstvo.

We use that story to convince ourselves

Koristimo tu priču da ubedimo sebe

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

da je trgovina ljudima loš čovek koji radi loše stvari nevinoj devojci.

That story lets us off the hook.

Ta nas priča oslobađa odgovornosti.

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

Oduzima sav društveni kontekst za koji možemo biti optuženi,

for the structural inequality, or the poverty,

za strukturnu nejednakost, siromaštvo

or the barriers to migration.

ili prepreke za migraciju.

We let ourselves think

Dozvoljavamo sebi misao

that human trafficking is only about forced prostitution,

da trgovina ljudima uključuje samo prisilnu prostituciju,

when in reality,

dok je realnost

human trafficking is embedded in our everyday lives.

da je trgovina ljudima utkana u naše svakodnevne živote.

Let me show you what I mean.

Dozvolite mi da vam pokažem šta podrazumevam pod tim.

Forced prostitution accounts for 22 percent of human trafficking.

Prisilna prostitucija čini 22 procenta trgovine ljudima.

Ten percent is in state- imposed forced labor.

Deset procenata je prisilan rad koji nameće država,

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

ali je ogromnih 68 posto u svrhu stvaranja robe

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 kao što su poljoprivredni rad, kućni poslovi i građevina.

That is food and care and shelter.

To su hrana, briga i smeštaj,

And somehow, these most essential workers

a nekako su ovi najbitniji radnici

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

i među najmanje plaćenim i eksploatisanim u svetu danas.

Human trafficking is the use of force, fraud or coercion

Trgovina ljudima je upotreba sile, prevare i prinude

to compel another person's labor.

da bi se druga osoba prisilila na rad.

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

Može se naći u pamučnim poljima, rudnicima koltana,

and even car washes in Norway and England.

čak i u auto-perionicama u Norveškoj i Engleskoj.

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

Dešava se u američkim bazama u Iraku i Avganistanu.

It's found in Thailand's fishing industry.

Dešava se u tajlandskoj ribarskoj industriji.

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

Ta zemlja je postala najveći izvoznik škampa na svetu.

But what are the circumstances

Kakve se okolnosti kriju

behind all that cheap and plentiful shrimp?

iza tih jeftinih škampa kojih ima u izobilju?

Thai military were caught selling Burmese and Cambodian migrants

Tajlandska vojska je uhvaćena u prodaji burmanskih i kambodžanskih migranata

onto fishing boats.

na ribarskim čamcima.

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

Ovi ribarski čamci su pokupljeni, ljudima je dat posao

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

i bacani su u more ako bi napravili grešku da se razbole

or trying to resist their treatment.

ili da se odupru načinu na koji su se ophodili prema njima.

Those fish were then used to feed shrimp,

Riba se zatim koristila da bi se škampi nahranili.

The shrimp were then sold to four major global retailers:

Škampi su zatim prodavani četvorici glavnih globalnih prodavaca:

Costco, Tesco, Walmart and Carrefour.

"Kostkou", "Tesku", "Volmartu" i "Karforu".

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

Trgovina ljudima otkrivena je u mnogo manjem obimu,

and in places you would never even imagine.

na mestima koja ne možete ni zamisliti.

Traffickers have forced young people to drive ice cream trucks,

Trgovci ljudima su terali ljude da voze kamione sa sladoledima

or to sing in touring boys' choirs.

ili da pevaju u turističkim horovima dečaka.

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

Trgovina ljudima može se naći u salonima za pletenice u Nju Džerziju.

The scheme in that case was incredible.

Prevara u tom slučaju bila je neverovatna.

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

Trgovci ljudima su našli mlade porodice koje su bile iz Gane ili Togoa

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

i rekli im da će "ćerke dobiti dobro obrazovanje

a fine education in the United States."

u Sjedinjenim Državama".

They then located winners of the green card lottery,

Onda bi pronašli dobitnike zelene karte na lutriji

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

i rekli im: "Pomoći ćemo vam.

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

Uzećemo vam avionsku kartu. Platićemo vam troškove.

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

Sve što treba da uradite je da povedete ovu devojku sa sobom.

say that she's your sister or your spouse.

Recite da vam je to sestra ili supruga."

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

Kada bi svi stigli u Nju Džerzi, devojke su odvedene

and put to work for 14-hour days,

i dat im je posao od 14 radnih sati,

seven days a week, for five years.

sedam dana u nedelji, pet godina.

They made their traffickers nearly four million dollars.

Stvorile su trgovcima ljudima blizu četiri miliona dolara.

This is a huge problem.

Ovo je ogroman problem.

So what have we done about it?

A šta smo uradili povodom toga?

We've mostly turned to the criminal justice system.

Uglavnom smo se obraćali sistemu krivičnog pravosuđa.

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

Imajte na umu, međutim, da je većina žrtava siromašna i marginalizovana.

They're migrants, people of color.

Oni su migranti, obojeni ljudi.

Sometimes they're in the sex trade.

Nekada su u trgovini seksom.

And for populations like these,

Za populaciju kao što je ova,

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

krivični pravosudni sistem je prečesto deo problema,

rather than the solution.

a ne rešenje.

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

U studiji za studijom, u zemljama od Bangladeša do Sjedinjenih Država,

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

između 20 i 60 posto ljudi iz trgovine seksom koji su ispitani reklo je

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

da su bili silovani ili napadnuti od strane policije

samo tokom prethodne godine.

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

Ljudi u prostituciji, uključujući ljude kojima se trgovalo,

regularly receive multiple convictions for prostitution.

redovno dobijaju brojne presude za prostituciju.

Having that criminal record makes it so much more difficult

Posedovanje kriminalnog dosijea čini da im je još teže

to leave poverty, leave abuse, or leave prostitution,

da ostave siromaštvo, zlostavljanje ili prostituciju,

if that person so desires.

ako ta osoba to želi.

Workers outside of the sex sector --

Radnici van seksualnog sektora -

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

ako se odupiru ovakvom postupanju, rizikuju da budu deportovani.

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

U slučajevima koje sam proučavala, poslodavci nemaju problem

calling on law enforcement to try and threaten or deport

sa pozivanjem policije da pokušaju da zaprete deportacijom

their striking trafficked workers.

radnicima koji štrajkuju.

If those workers run away,

Ako ovi radnici pobegnu,

they risk becoming part of the great mass of undocumented workers

rizikuju da postanu deo ogromne mase radnika koji nisu zavedeni,

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

a koji su takođe predmet policijskih hirova ako ih uhvate.

Law enforcement is supposed to identify victims and prosecute traffickers.

Policija bi trebalo da pronađe žrtve i goni trgovce ljudima,

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

ali od procenjenog 21 miliona žrtava trgovine ljudima u svetu,

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

pomogli su i pronašli manje od 50 000 ljudi.

That's like comparing

To je kao upoređivanje

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

svetske populacije sa populacijom Los Anđelesa,

proportionally speaking.

proporcionalno govoreći.

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

Što se presuda tiče, od otprilike 5700 presuda iz 2013. godine,

fewer than 500 were for labor trafficking.

manje od 500 bilo je za trgovinu radnicima.

Keep in mind that labor trafficking

Imajte na umu da trgovina radnicima

accounts for 68 percent of all trafficking,

čini 68 procenata ukupne trgovine ljudima,

but fewer than 10 percent of the convictions.

ali manje od 10 procenata presuda.

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

Čula sam jednog eksperta kako kaže da se trgovina dešava

kada se potreba susretne sa pohlepom.

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

Želela bih da dodam još jedan element.

Trafficking happens in sectors where workers are excluded from protections,

Trgovina ljudima se dešava u sektorima gde ljudi nisu uključeni u zaštitu

and denied the right to organize.

i gde im nije dozvoljeno da se organizuju.

Trafficking doesn't happen in a vacuum.

Ona se ne dešava u vakuumu.

It happens in systematically degraded work environments.

Dešava se u sistematično degradiranim radnim okruženjima.

You might be thinking,

Možda mislite:

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

"Oh, ona priča o neuspešnim državama, ili državama pogođenim ratom, ili..."

I'm actually talking about the United States.

U stvari, pričam o Sjedinjenim Državama.

Let me tell you what that looks like.

Dozvolite mi da vam kažem kako to izgleda.

Mnogo meseci sam istraživala slučaj trgovine ljudima

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

pod nazivom "Globalni horizonti",

involving hundreds of Thai farm workers.

koji uključuje na stotine tajlandskih radnika na farmama.

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

Poslati su širom SAD, da rade na havajskim plantažama ananasa,

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

vašingtonskim voćnjacima sa jabukama i gde god da je rad potreban.

They were promised three years of solid agricultural work.

Obećano im je da će tri godine raditi solidan poljoprivredni posao.

So they made a calculated risk.

Tako su proračunato rizikovali.

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

Prodali su svoju zemlju, nakit svojih supruga,

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

kako bi isplatili hiljade kao naknadu za posao kompaniji "Globalni horizonti".

But once they were brought over,

Međutim, kada su dovedeni,

their passports were confiscated.

pasoši su im konfiskovani.

Some of the men were beaten and held at gunpoint.

Neke od ljudi su tukli i držali na nišanu.

They worked so hard they fainted in the fields.

Radili su toliko puno da su se onesvešćivali u poljima.

This case hit me so hard.

Ovaj slučaj me je jako pogodio.

After I came back home,

Pošto sam se vratila kući,

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

lutala sam kroz radnju i zamrzla se u odeljenju za namirnice.

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

Setila sam se preobilnih obroka koje su mi pravili oni koji su preživeli

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

"Globalne Horizonte" svaki put kada bi se pojavila da ih intervjuišem.

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

Završili su sa obrokom koji se sastojao od savršenih jagoda sa dugim peteljkama,

and as they handed them to me, they said,

a dok su mi ih dodavali, rekli su:

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

"Zar ove jagode nisu ukusnije ako ih jedete sa nekim posebnim

in the States?

u Sjedninjenim Državama?

And don't they taste so much better

Zar nemaju mnogo bolji ukus

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

kada znate ljude čija ih je ruka ubrala za vas?"

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

Nedeljama nakon toga, dok sam stajala u prodavnici, shvatila sam

da nemam predstavu kome da se zahvalim za ovo obilje,

of who to thank for this plenty,

and no idea of how they were being treated.

niti kako su se prema njima odnosili.

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

Tako sam, kao novinarka, počela da kopam po poljoprivrednom sektoru

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

i otkrila da postoji previše polja, a premalo inspektora za rad.

I found multiple layers of plausible deniability

Pronašla sam brojne nivoe verodostojnih poricanja

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

između uzgajivača, distributera, obrađivača i ko zna koga još.

The Global Horizons survivors had been brought to the States

Oni koji su preživeli "Globalne horizonte" dovedeni su u SAD

on a temporary guest worker program.

preko privremenog programa radnika posetilaca.

That guest worker program ties a person's legal status

Taj program radnika posetilaca vezuje legalni status osobe

to his or her employer,

za njegovog ili njenog poslodavca

and denies that worker the right to organize.

i ne dozvoljava radniku da se organizuje.

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

Pazite, ništa od ovoga što opisujem u poljoprivrednom sektoru

or the guest worker program is actually human trafficking.

ili programu radnika posetilaca nije u stvari trgovina ljudima.

It is merely what we find legally tolerable.

To je ono što se jedva može zakonski tolerisati,

And I would argue this is fertile ground for exploitation.

a rekla bih da je ovo plodno tle za zloupotrebu.

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

Sve je ovo bilo skriveno od mene pre nego što sam pokušala da ga razumem.

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

Nisam bila jedina koja se uhvatila u koštac sa ovim pitanjima.

Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay,

Pjer Omidijar, osnivač Ibeja,

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

jedan je od najvećih svetskih filantropa koji su protiv trgovine ljudima.

And even he wound up accidentally investing nearly 10 million dollars

Čak je i on slučajno završio investirajući skoro 10 miliona dolara

in the pineapple plantation cited as having the worst working conditions

u plantažu ananasa koja se navodila kao plantaža koja je imala

in that Global Horizons case.

najgore uslove rada u slučaju "Globalnih horizonata".

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

Kada je otkrio, on i njegova žena bili su šokirani i užasnuti

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

i na kraju su napisali članak za novine,

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

govoreći da zavisi od svih nas da naučimo sve što možemo

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

o radu i lancima snabdevanja proizvodima koje podržavamo.

I totally agree.

Potpuno se slažem.

What would happen if each one of us decided

Šta bi se desilo ako bi svako od nas odlučio

that we are no longer going to support companies

da više neće podržavati kompanije

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

ako ne eliminišu eksploataciju iz svog rada i lanaca snabdevanja?

If we demanded laws calling for the same?

Ako bismo zahtevali da zakoni pozivaju na isto?

If all the CEOs out there decided

Ako bi svi direktori odlučili

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

da će pročešljati svoje poslove i reći "ne više"?

If we ended recruitment fees for migrant workers?

Ako bismo okončali davanje nadoknada za zapošljavanje migranata?

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

Ako bismo odlučili da bi radnici posetioci trebalo da imaju pravo da se organizuju

without fear of retaliation?

bez straha od odmazde?

These would be decisions heard around the world.

Ove bi odluke odjeknule širom sveta.

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

To nije pitanje kupovine breskve iz poštene trgovine,

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

a zatim to nazvati završenim, kroz kupovinu zone bez krivice.

That's not how it works.

To tako ne funkcioniše.

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

Ovo je odluka da se promeni sistem koji ne valja

and that we have unwittingly but willingly

i da smo nenamerno, ali voljno

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

dozvolili sebi da profitiramo i imamo koristi iz toga predugo.

We often dwell on human trafficking survivors' victimization.

Često se zadržavamo kod viktimizacije onih koji su preživeli trgovinu ljudima,

But that is not my experience of them.

ali ja ih tako ne doživljavam.

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

Tokom svih ovih godina kada sam pričala sa njima,

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

naučili su me da smo nešto više od naših najgorih dana.

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

Svako od nas je više od onoga što je preživeo,

a posebno oni koji su preživeli trgovinu ljudima.

Especially trafficking survivors.

These people were the most resourceful and resilient and responsible

Ovi ljudi bili su najsnalažljiviji, najotporniji i najodgovorniji

in their communities.

u svojim zajednicama.

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

Bili su to ljudi na koje biste se kladili.

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

Rekli biste; "prodaću svoje prstenje zato što mi se pružila prilika

to send you off to a better future.

da vas ispratim u bolju budućnost."

They were the emissaries of hope.

Bili su izaslanici nade.

These survivors don't need saving.

Ovim preživelima ne treba spašavanje.

They need solidarity, because they're behind

Treba im solidarnost, jer stoje iza nekih

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

od današnjih najuzbudljivijih pokreta za društvenu pravdu.

The nannies and housekeepers who marched with their families

Dadilje i domaćice koje su marširale sa svojim porodicama

and their employers' families --

i porodicama svojih poslodavaca -

their activism got us an international treaty

njihov aktivizam nam je doneo internacionalni sporazum

on domestic workers' rights.

o pravima radnika koji se bave kućnim poslovima.

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

Žene iz Nepala kojoma se trgovalo u seksualnoj trgovini -

they came together, and they decided

udružile su se i odlučile

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

da će stvoriti prvu svetsku organizaciju protiv trgovine ljudima

actually headed and run by trafficking survivors themselves.

koju će u stvari predvoditi i voditi sami preživeli.

These Indian shipyard workers were trafficked

Ovim indijskim radnicima sa brodogradilišta trgovalo se

to do post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction.

da bi radili na rekonstrukciji posle uragana Katrina.

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

Pretili su im deportacijom, ali su izašli iz svojih radnih postrojenja

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

i hodali od Nju Orleansa do Vašingtona

to protest labor exploitation.

da bi protestovali zbog zloupotrebe na radu.

They cofounded an organization called the National Guest Worker Alliance,

Učestvovali su u osnivanju "Alijanse nacionalnih radnika posetilaca",

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

a kroz ovu organizaciju nastavili su da pomažu drugim radnicima,

bring to light exploitation and abuses in supply chains

razotkrivajući eksploataciju i zloupotrebe u lancima snabdevanja

u "Volmartovim" i "Heršijevim" fabrikama.

in Walmart and Hershey's factories.

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

Iako je Ministarstvo pravde odbilo da preuzme njihov slučaj,

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

tim advokata za građanska prava dobio je prvu od desetak građanskih parnica

this February, and got their clients 14 million dollars.

februara ove godine i dobio je za svoje klijente 14 miliona dolara.

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

Ovi preživeli se bore za ljude koje još uvek ne poznaju.

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

druge radnike, kao i za mogućnost pravednog sveta za sve nas.

This is our chance to do the same.

Ovo je naša šansa da učinimo isto.

This is our chance to make the decision

Ovo je naša šansa da donesemo odluku

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

koja nam govori ko smo, kao ljudi i kao zajednica;

that our prosperity is no longer prosperity,

da naš napredak nije više napredak

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

dokle god je vezan za bol drugih ljudi;

that our lives are inextricably woven together;

da su naši životi nerazmrsivo utkani jedni u druge

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

i da imamo snage da napravimo drugačiji izbor.

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

Toliko sam oklevala da podelim priču o svojoj teti sa vama.

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

Pre nego što sam započela ovaj TED proces i popela se na ovu binu,

I had told literally a handful of people about it,

bukvalno sam samo šačici ljudi pričala o tome jer,

because, like many a journalist,

kao mnogi novinari,

I am far more interested in learning about your stories

mnogo sam više zainteresovana da saznam vaše priče

than sharing much, if anything, about my own.

nego da mnogo podelim, ako i uopšte, o sebi.

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

Takođe, nisam uradila ni novinarsku savesnu procenu ovoga.

I haven't issued my mountains of document requests,

Nisam još uvek podnela svoje bezbrojne zahteve,

and interviewed everyone and their mother,

intervjuisala svakoga, a zatim i njihovu majku

and I haven't found my auntie yet.

i nisam našla svoju tetu još uvek.

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

N znam njenu priču o tome šta se desilo, kao ni o njenom životu.

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

Priča koju sam vam ispričala je u haosu i nedovršena,

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

ali mislim da odražava nedovršenu situaciju i haos u kom smo svi mi,

when it comes to human trafficking.

a kada se radi o trgovini ljudima.

We are all implicated in this problem.

Umešani smo u ovaj problem,

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

ali to znači i da smo deo rešenja.

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

Otkrivanje kako da izgradimo pravedniji svet je naš posao

and our story to tell.

i priča koju treba da ispričamo.

Hajde da to uradimo na način na koji je to trebalo da uradimo

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

from the very beginning.

od samog početka.

Let us tell this story together.

Hajde da zajedno ispričamo ovu priču.

Thank you so much.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)