From 9 June to 9 July 2006, 12 German cities
will host the World Cup Games. There are
well-founded claims that 40,000 women will be
"imported" from Central and Eastern
Europe into Germany to "sexually
service" the 3 million football fans, who
are mostly men. Wooden "sex huts"
called "performance boxes" were built
near the main World Cup venue.
Calling for a stop of women trafficking and a
respect to human dignity, SVD Curia, Divine Word
Missionaries, has organized an online petition,
which states that:
- Buying sex is not a sport;
- Treating women's bodies as sexual
commodities violates international
standards of sport that promote equality,
mutual respect and not-discrimination;
- Honorable men do not buy sex because they
respect the dignity and integrity of all
human beings;
- No to the organization of prostitution
for the World Cup Games.
To support the campaign, please sign on the
homepage under Coalition Against Trafficking of
Women (CATW). The signatures will be given to the
German government and the FIFA president:
http://catwepetition.ouvaton.org/php/index.php
For more information, please go to:
http://www.svdcuria.org/public/jpic/wcup06/wcup06en.pdf
For the Chinese version, please contact JPIC-AMRS
Taiwan (juspeace@ms79.hinet.net)
Source:
Coalition Against Trafficking of Women
JPIC-AMRS Taiwan
SVD Curia, Divine Word Missionaries: Peace and
Justice Issue
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