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Mobilizing Faith for WomenTom EnglandThe National Chief Imam and Grand Mufti of Ghana sent a delegation to the conference. Pictured here with (center)Chief Zanzan Karwor of Liberia are (left to right) Rashidat Muhammed, Chief Sidiq Gimala III, Alhaji Khuzaima MohammedOsman, and Abdul Basit Rufai.lives destroyed by the practice. The conversationaddressed the role of religious communities, whichhave tremendous influence in either stigmatizingvictims of sex trafficking or serving them. Pastor PaulPalmer of the Atlanta Dream Center also challengedleaders to consider the most fundamental driver of sextrafficking: demand. Pastor Paul lamented: We havenot taught our boys and men that we need to honorall girls and women as our sisters. We have failed inreligious leadership because we have assumed that thisis just what young men are going to go through.Fulata Moyo of the World Council of Churchescalled on religious service organizations thatencounter victims of human trafficking not toinstruct victims — in one case a young girl who waspregnant — to accept their fate as divinely ordained.Cheryl Deluca-Johnson of Street Grace in Atlantadescribed efforts to increase criminal penalties forthose who purchase sex from minors, which theinternational community agrees is the most effectiveway to combat trafficking. In the past, criminalizingthe victims has taken up the majority of law enforcementresources. The new consensus asserts thatshifting the focus to the arrest and robust prosecutionThe Carter Center 9