3 ways businesses can fight sex trafficking | Nikki Clifton

Translator: Ivana Korom Reviewer: Joanna Pietrulewicz

翻译人员: Hong Li 校对人员: Yinchun Rui

A few years ago,

几年前，

I got a call from the highest ranking legal official in the state of Georgia:

我接到一个电话， 是佐治亚州最高法律长官

the attorney general.

总检察长打来的。

That moment was a wake-up call.

那个时刻，是唤醒我的时刻。

It was 2013, and the city of Atlanta

那是2013年，亚特兰大市

was hosting the Final Four basketball tournament.

正在举办篮球4强赛。

The AG called to ask

总检察长打电话来

if the company that I worked for could help sponsor billboards

是想问我公司能否赞助一些公告牌

that would be put up around the city

摆在城市各处

as part of an anti-human trafficking campaign.

作为反对贩卖人口 宣传活动的一部分。

He said this was important because sex trafficking spikes

他说这件事很重要， 因为性交易会在

with big sporting events and with conventions.

大型体育赛事 和大型会议期间尖锐上涨。

And the billboards would help to raise awareness.

公告牌能很好地起到警醒的作用。

Now, if I'm being honest with you,

好吧，如果实话实说，

my first inclination was to politely decline.

我的第一个反应是礼貌地拒绝他。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Let's face it --

面对现实吧，

there are thousands of things that corporate America could get involved in.

有那么多事情美国的公司可以参与。

Sex trafficking seemed a little messy.

性交易看起来有点乱。

Little bit too difficult,

有点困难，

something that is better left for someone else.

最好交给别人来做。

But then I started to understand and learn how big the problem really is.

但是后来我开始意识到 这个问题有多严重。

And that it's rampant in my company's home town.

而且在我公司所在地非常猖獗。

I lived and worked in Atlanta for years.

我在亚特兰大 工作和生活了很多年。

I practice law here.

从事法律工作。

And yet, I had no idea that the birthplace of my children

而我并没有意识到， 我孩子出生的地方

is among the most prevalent cities for sex trafficking in the US.

是全美性交易最普遍的城市之一。

At last report, Atlanta's illegal sex trade

根据最新的报道， 亚特兰大的非法性交易总额

has generated up to 290 million dollars a year.

每年达到2.9亿美元。

That's more money that the city's illegal gun and drug trade combined.

这比全市非法枪支和毒品交易额 加起来还要大。

So we stepped up and we helped with the billboards.

于是我们挺身而出了， 赞助了公告牌。

But I couldn't help feeling like it wasn't enough.

但我觉得这还不够。

The parent in me, the mother in me needed to do more.

作为家长，作为母亲， 我需要做得更多。

I started talking to people about this

我开始跟大家讨论这件事，

and inevitably, I was surprised,

不出所料，我被震惊了，

because the conversation would turn from curiosity:

因为这些对话从好奇：

"Really? This happens here?"

“真的吗？在我们这儿？”

to empathy: "Wow, we've got to do something about that."

到感同身受： “哇，我们需要做点什么。”

To blame: "You're not telling me that every prostitute is a victim, are you?

到谴责：“你不会想告诉我 每一个妓女都是受害者吧，是吗？

I mean, don't they know what they're getting into?"

难道她们不知道自己在做什么？”

I get it, I understand why people are confused.

我明白，我理解 为什么大家会觉得疑惑。

So, to be clear, the people that I'm talking about

先澄清一点，我说的这些人

do not choose this life.

并没有如此选择自己的人生。

They're forced, defrauded or coerced.

他们是被强迫， 被欺骗或者被威胁的。

That's actually the legal definition

实际上这是联邦法律中

for human trafficking under federal law, for adults.

对于成年人人口贩卖的法律定义。

Now, when it comes to kids,

而对于儿童，

any minor under 18 that's transported,

任何18岁以下的未成年人被运送，

facilitated or used for commercial sex,

促使或被用于商业性行为，

is automatically a victim.

就会自动成为受害者。

Regardless of whether force, fraud or coercion is used.

无论是否被强迫、 被欺骗或者被威胁。

This crime knows no age, gender or socioeconomic barrier.

这种犯罪没有年龄、 性别或社会经济的区别。

I'm talking about the 16-year-old girl that I met in Washington, DC.

我在华盛顿D.C. 遇到了一个16岁的姑娘。

She had been trafficked from the time she was 14 until she was 16.

她在14-16岁期间被贩卖。

She was a victim of the foster care system.

她是寄养系统的受害者。

And she told me she'd been sold up to five times a day.

她告诉我，曾经在一天 内被卖了5次。

She didn't even know the term "human trafficking;"

她甚至都不知道 “人口贩卖”这个词，

she thought that it was just a part of her life as a foster care kid.

她觉得，作为寄养的孩子， 这些就是她生活的一部分。

Sex trafficking also shows up in affluent areas and gated communities.

性交易在富人区也会出现。

And men lure young girls into sex trafficking situations

男人引诱年轻女孩进行性交易，

with promises of modeling contracts, cell phones.

以模特合约，手机作为条件。

Sometimes they're just kidnapped right off the street.

有时候甚至在路边被直接绑走。

In the US, an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 girls and boys

在美国，每年大约有 20-30万女孩和男孩

are anticipated to be used for commercial sex trafficking every year.

参与商业性交易。

You heard that right -- girls and boys.

你没听错，既有女孩也有男孩。

Worldwide, the International Labor Organization

全世界范围内，据国际劳工组织估算

estimates that up to one million children a year

每年大约有100万儿童

are vulnerable for sex trafficking.

极易受到性交易的侵害。

Those numbers are huge.

这是个巨大的数字。

And so while the billboards are great for raising awareness generally,

因此尽管公告牌对于 引起大众的警觉有很大作用，

they're just not enough to put an end to this problem.

但对于解决问题却远远不够。

I believe that if we're going to be serious about sex trafficking,

我相信，如果我们正视性交易，

we can't legislate or arrest our way out of modern-day slavery.

我们就能立法或阻止 现代的奴隶制度。

If we really want to end sex trafficking in the US,

如果我们真的想制止美国的性交易，

we have to systematically educate and target demand.

我们需要系统地教育，认准需求。

And I think the business community is in the perfect position

我觉得商界是最适合

to do just that.

来做这件事的。

So, sex trafficking is big business.

性交易是一门大生意。

And I'm proposing a business plan that starts with the customer.

我会从顾客端开始提一个商业计划。

And in the sex trade, the customer is referred to as a John.

我们假设性交易中的顾客叫约翰。

He is the man that fuels the demand for sex trafficking.

他这样的人刺激了性交易的需求。

Johns do not fit into neat stereotypes.

约翰当然不是谦谦君子。

But there is one universal truth:

但有一个普遍真理：

no John, no buyer, no victim.

没有约翰，没有买家， 就没有受害者。

So if we want to start to put a dent in sex trafficking,

所以我们如果想减少性交易的话，

we have to get to John.

我们就要找到约翰。

And businesses can do that while he's at work.

只要他在工作， 就能通过公司找到他。

There's an organization called Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking,

有一个组织叫 “公司终结奴隶制和人口贩卖”，

or BEST for short.

或者简称“BEST”。

And when they launched in 2012,

他们在2012年成立的时候，

they did a study of Seattle-based Johns.

针对住在西雅图的 约翰们做了项调查。

And you know what they found out?

知道他们发现了什么吗？

Johns are everyday guys, employed at local businesses.

约翰们都是普通人， 在当地公司上班。

They range in age from 18 to 84.

从18岁到84岁。

Johns are dads.

很多人都是父亲。

Johns have admitted that they buy sex when they are traveling for business,

约翰们承认， 他们会在出差的时候，

when they're going to sporting events

会在看比赛的时候，

or when they're in the military.

或者在军队服役期间购买性服务。

But here's the kicker.

还有更惊人的。

BEST study determined that web-based sex buying

BEST的研究表明， 在网站上的购买行为

spikes at 2pm in the afternoon.

在下午2点的时候达到峰值。

Which means that these Johns are likely buying sex in the middle of the workday.

也就是说这些人 基本上会在上班的时候下单。

I believe that there is a way to stop Johns in the middle of the workday

我认为有办法阻止这些人

from buying sex.

在工作日下单。

And businesses can do it in three simple ways.

公司可以用3种简单的方法 做到这一点。

The first is with a policy.

第一种是制定政策。

A policy that clearly says,

明确规定，

the company prohibits sex-buying during work,

公司禁止在工作期间购买性服务，

with company resources or on company time.

使用公司资源或者占用工作时间。

That's right.

是的。

我的意思是，我们的工作手册上， 应该明确举例说明，

I'm saying that your handbook has to specifically give an example

出差期间禁止购买性服务，

that says no sex-buying while you're traveling,

at the international trade show, because that's where it's happening.

比如在某次国际贸易节上， 因为那就是经常发生性交易的地方。

Now, a policy is only as good as its enforcement and its communication.

一项政策的好坏跟执行和传播有关。

Several studies have indicated from Johns

多项研究表明，

that the best way to deter them is public humiliation and embarrassment.

对付约翰们最好的方式 就是公开的羞辱和难堪。

So, businesses who catch Johns buying sex,

因此，如果公司发现 约翰们购买性服务，

using company-based equipment or company resources,

使用的是公司的设备或者资源，

but cut them a break or sweep it under the rug

却只是放他们几天假 或者睁只眼闭只眼

and don't fire them,

不解雇他们，

are complicit in fueling demand.

就是变相满足他们的需求。

Now, a policy is one of the best ways to start.

因此，制定政策 是最好的开始方式之一。

The second way is educating the workforce.

第二种方法是对员工进行教育。

Businesses can go a long way in simply training their workforce

公司可以长期对员工进行培训，

about the signs and the red flags of human trafficking.

告诉他们人口贩卖的征兆和危险信号。

This was my "aha!" moment for how our company could make a big difference.

这是我们公司 能发挥重大作用的关键时刻。

Our nation's highways, airports and truck stops

我们国家的高速公路、 机场和货车站点

are literally used as modern-day slave routes.

被用作了现代的奴隶运输点。

Our company has more than 100,000 drivers

我们公司有超过10万名司机

all over the country, all over the world.

遍布全国和全世界。

And so it made perfect sense to train them to see the red flags.

因此训练他们识别危险信号 就很有必要。

We don't want them jumping out there and doing things on their own,

我们并不想他们自己挺身而出， 单枪匹马解决问题，

so we want them to call a phone number, the hotline,

我让他们打电话，拨热线，

and let law enforcement intervene.

让执法部门介入。

So to do this, we teamed up

为了实现这一点，我们与

with an organization called Truckers Against Trafficking.

一个名为 “卡车司机反对人口贩卖”的组织合作。

This Colorado-based organization had web-based support and materials

这个组织位于科罗拉多州， 有网站提供支持，有宣传材料，

that we gave to our truck drivers

提供给卡车司机们，

that gave them exactly what they needed to spot the red flags.

让他们能准确识别危险信号。

Like, hearing CB chatter on their radios about girls at nearby exits.

比如，听见民用波段中， 有人在讨论高速出口的姑娘们。

Or, seeing underaged women emerging from vehicles

或者在卡车停靠点

in the truck stop parking lots.

看到未成年女性下车。

When we rolled out this training,

我们重复进行这样的训练，

a few brave drivers admitted they had seen these women,

有一些勇敢的司机 就会承认他们看到过这样的女人，

knocking on the cabs in the truck stops, looking for customers.

在卡车停靠点敲驾驶室的门， 寻找顾客。

Now, they said that they weren't buying.

他们说自己没有参与。

But they also didn't know enough to make a call.

但他们也同样没有打电话。

And that's what we want them to do.

这就是我们想让他们做的。

TAT's organization -- Truckers Against Trafficking --

TAT组织—— “卡车司机反对人口贩卖”——

also emphasizes the need for men to talk to other men

同样强调，男人应该告诉其他男人

about web-based sex buying and not buying commercial sex.

关于在线性交易网站的事， 劝他们不要进行商业性交易。

They feature men in uniform, proudly proclaiming why they don't buy.

他们穿上制服， 骄傲地宣称自己为什么不参与。

If we're going to see a cultural shift in this atrocity,

如果我们想从文化层面 改变这种暴行，

we need men talking to other men

我们需要男人来劝说其他男人

about the underlying issues fueling demand.

停止这种刺激需求的行为。

Because sometimes, Johns don't even know

因为有时候，约翰们自己也不知道

that they're purchasing girls who are enslaved.

他们在购买服务的女孩是被奴役的。

Which brings me to my final way that businesses can help.

这就引出了公司 能提供帮助的最后一种方式。

Every business has a special resource

每家公司都有特别的

or a secret sauce or resource that they can bring

或者独特的资源

to fight human trafficking.

能用来与人口贩卖做斗争。

For example, Visa, Master Card and American Express

比如，维萨卡、万事达卡 和美国运通卡

refuse to process transactions from backpage.com,

可以拒绝在backpage.com 网站上进行支付，

an online sex site that sold commercial sex

这是一家在线性交易网站

to the tune of nine million dollars a month.

每月交易额达到900万美元。

In April of 2018, backpage.com and affiliated websites were shut down,

2018年4月，backpage.com 及其下属网站被关停，

and the FBI seized all their assets.

联邦调查局查封了他们的资产。

Hiring survivors is another way that any company can help.

任何一家公司还可以通过 雇佣受害者来提供帮助。

Randstad, an organization that works with companies

Randstad， 是一家与公司开展合作的组织，

to find survivors who need good jobs,

它帮助寻找那些需要找工作的幸存者，

他们推出了一个非常好的项目， 叫“雇佣希望”。

has an excellent program, called Hire Hope.

We've used this program; we know that it works.

我们参与过这个项目， 知道它是有效的。

In addition to training their flight attendants

通过对空乘和机组人员

and their airline crew,

进行附加训练，

Delta Air Lines also offers SkyMiles, through a program called SkyWish,

达美航空公司 通过SkyWish项目提供里程积分，

to survivors to help them escape their traffickers

帮助幸存者逃离人贩子

and reunite with their families.

与家人团聚。

There are thousands of things that businesses can do.

企业可以做很多事情。

They just have to decide what to do to join the fight.

他们只需想清楚 如何来参与这场战斗。

No one can justify slavery today.

今天无人能为奴隶制辩解。

But I believe it remains one of the greatest civil rights atrocities

但我相信，这仍然是 当今时代对公民权

of our time.

最大的践踏之一。

Fortunately, the business community is uniquely positioned

幸运的是，商界位于独特的地位，

to help train their employees,

可以训练雇员，

to enforce policies

推进政策

and to help use their special resources

利用他们特有的资源

to fight human trafficking.

跟人口贩卖做斗争。

And what about you?

那你们呢？

What if you decided to learn the red flags?

是不是决定要学习那些危险的信号？

What if you decided to look at the signs that are all around you

是不是决定观察一下身边的种种迹象

and make a call?

然后打电话？

There is no penalty for calling law enforcement

给执法部门打电话，

when you see something that doesn't sit right.

通报你发现的异常情况， 你不会受罚。

Together, we can all protect our children,

携起手来， 我们可以保护自己的孩子，

we can educate the workforces around us

教育身边的员工，

and improve society,

改良社会，

where we all live and work with John.

毕竟，约翰就在你我身边。

Thank you.

谢谢大家。

(Applause)

（掌声）