Nikki Clifton: 3 ways businesses can fight sex trafficking
妮琪克里夫頓: 企業可以打擊性販運的三種方式
Nikki Clifton represents UPS's interests before Members of US Congress, federal agencies and the states’ Attorneys General. Full bio
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legal official in the state of Georgia:
官階最高的司法官員打來的:
basketball tournament.
could help sponsor billboards
協助贊助廣告牌,
trafficking campaign.
because sex trafficking spikes
因為性販運的高峰期
and with conventions.
would help to raise awareness.
讓大家更意識到這件事。
was to politely decline.
很有禮貌地婉拒。
corporate America could get involved in.
涉入的事物就有幾千種,
left for someone else.
how big the problem really is.
in my company's home town.
居住和工作了很多年。
that the birthplace of my children
for sex trafficking in the US.
Atlanta's illegal sex trade
亞特蘭大的非法性交易
290 million dollars a year.
illegal gun and drug trade combined.
與毒品交易加起來還要高。
and we helped with the billboards.
協助廣告牌一事。
like it wasn't enough.
needed to do more.
那個母親,必須要做更多。
would turn from curiosity:
to do something about that."
得要為此盡一份心力。」
every prostitute is a victim, are you?
每個妓女都是受害者吧?
what they're getting into?"
不知道自己在做什麼嗎?」
why people are confused.
為什麼大家會感到困惑。
the people that I'm talking about
被騙去的,或被威脅的。
under federal law, for adults.
force, fraud or coercion is used.
gender or socioeconomic barrier.
that I met in Washington, DC.
我在華盛頓遇見她。
from the time she was 14 until she was 16.
這段時間,一直被販運。
of the foster care system.
up to five times a day.
被賣出去五次的記錄。
the term "human trafficking;"
「人口販運」這個詞,
a part of her life as a foster care kid.
這本來就是生活的一部分。
in affluent areas and gated communities.
富裕的地區和封閉社區內。
into sex trafficking situations
contracts, cell phones.
當模特兒的合約、手機。
right off the street.
200,000 to 300,000 girls and boys
for commercial sex trafficking every year.
Labor Organization
高達一百萬名兒童
one million children a year
for raising awareness generally,
提升意識一般來說是很有用的,
to put an end to this problem.
serious about sex trafficking,
要認真看待性販運,
out of modern-day slavery.
來脫離現代奴隸制度。
sex trafficking in the US,
終止美國的性販運,
and target demand.
並把目標放在需求上。
is in the perfect position
that starts with the customer.
這項計畫始於客戶。
the customer is referred to as a John.
客戶被稱為「約翰」。
for sex trafficking.
可以代表約翰。
就不會有受害者。
to put a dent in sex trafficking,
開始減少性販運,
while he's at work.
企業就可以這麼做。
Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking,
「企業終止奴役和販運」,
對象是西雅圖的約翰。
employed at local businesses.
那種平凡男性,受僱於當地企業。
when they are traveling for business,
包括因公出差時,
that web-based sex buying
buying sex in the middle of the workday.
是在平日工作時段去買春的。
Johns in the middle of the workday
in three simple ways.
輕鬆做到這一點。
sex-buying during work,
has to specifically give an example
必須要明確舉例,
while you're traveling,
because that's where it's happening.
因為買春發生的地方就是那裡。
as its enforcement and its communication.
需要能執行且要能溝通。
依據約翰的說法,
is public humiliation and embarrassment.
or company resources,
or sweep it under the rug
of the best ways to start.
最好的方式之一。
in simply training their workforce
其員工,讓他們了解
of human trafficking.
our company could make a big difference.
我們公司如何能造成很大的不同。
airports and truck stops
機場,以及貨車站
as modern-day slave routes.
to train them to see the red flags.
發現警訊是很合理的。
and doing things on their own,
跳出去採取行動,
a phone number, the hotline,
called Truckers Against Trafficking.
人口販運」的組織合作。
had web-based support and materials
有網路支援和工具,
to spot the red flags.
可以幫他們發現警訊。
about girls at nearby exits.
不斷在無線電上講著附近的女孩。
emerging from vehicles
they had seen these women,
他們曾經看過這類女性,
looking for customers.
enough to make a call.
無法打電話呈報。
Truckers Against Trafficking --
卡車司機反人口販運——
for men to talk to other men
來跟其他男人談,
and not buying commercial sex.
proudly proclaiming why they don't buy.
很驕傲地聲明他們為什麼不買春。
a cultural shift in this atrocity,
這暴行有文化上的改變,
fueling demand.
who are enslaved.
that businesses can help.
幫上忙的最後一種方法了。
that they can bring
and American Express
和美國運通卡
from backpage.com,
backpage.com 的交易,
that sold commercial sex
million dollars a month.
and affiliated websites were shut down,
與附屬的網站都關閉了,
他們的所有資產。
that any company can help.
都能做到,就是僱用倖存者。
that works with companies
called Hire Hope.
叫做「僱用希望」。
we know that it works.
我們知道它是行得通的。
their flight attendants
through a program called SkyWish,
願望」的方案,提供「天空哩程」
escape their traffickers
逃離販運他們的人,
that businesses can do.
what to do to join the fight.
來加入這場戰爭。
of the greatest civil rights atrocities
is uniquely positioned
to learn the red flags?
at the signs that are all around you
for calling law enforcement
that doesn't sit right.
在這個社會生活、工作。
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nikki Clifton - Attorney, government affairs professionalNikki Clifton represents UPS's interests before Members of US Congress, federal agencies and the states’ Attorneys General.
Why you should listen
Nicole ("Nikki") Clifton is an attorney and government affairs professional with broad advocacy experience on Capitol Hill and in federal and state courts. Her expertise includes labor and workforce legislative and regulatory policy and transportation and logistics industry issues. Clifton recently spearheaded and coordinates UPS's nationwide anti-human trafficking awareness initiative, reaching more than 95,000 drivers and service providers.
Prior to government affairs, Clifton served as Labor & Employment Counsel for UPS in Atlanta, Georgia, and was in-house counsel to the UPS National Negotiating Committee during collective bargaining with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 2007. Clifton also served as UPS's Employment Counsel, managing employment litigation and providing counseling and training in all areas of employment law.
Before UPS, Clifton worked for Delta Air Lines as Flight Operations counsel. She also practiced labor and employment law with Alston & Bird LLP and Smith, Currie and Hancock, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Clifton received her B.A. magna cum laude in Communications from Howard University's Annenberg Honors Program and received her J.D. from the University of Georgia School Of Law. She is a member of the Georgia Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Clifton was selected as a member of Leadership Atlanta's Class of 2008 and served on the Board of Visitors for the University of Georgia School of Law. Clifton was inducted into the inaugural class of national 4-H Luminaries in 2017. She co-leads a Junior Girl Scout troop and volunteers with several non-profit organizations. She resides in Washington, D.C. and has two children.
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