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EXPLoita Tion The starting points of the churches on the Czech and German sides are different. In the German church and its diaconal organisations there is a highly developed network of full-time and voluntary staff and the church itself has significant moral authority, thanks to which it can call further political and social actors on to the stage. By contrast the voice of the church in the Czech Republic has little political and social resonance; the congregations in the German-Czech border region are numerically very weak; professional diaconal work is limited to a few centres. This different situation should not be allowed to discourage us. It rather shows that effective church action requires cooperation between the Czech and German sides. Common calls will have a significant weight; together we can work effectively on all the fronts of the problem; together we can obtain more means to finance professional help. What is to be done in view of the predominance of organised criminality and the great number of women who pay so dearly for their attempt to free themselves from poverty and lack of perspectives? How can the irresponsibility of their clients and the indifference of large parts of society in both countries be countered? How should one deal with such a complex problem? Where should one begin? The churches would overreach themselves if they tried to combat organised crime. It would be equally superfluous to strain themselves to replace already existing forms of social assistance 10 . One must distinguish where the church can use its specific potential, where at the moment the work of Christians is really necessary and where instead it is enough to support those who are already helping. What is the task? Lifting Taboos �through � the � Churches� � The first and most important step is that the churches and their organisations should open themselves for this frequently taboo subject and apply themselves to it. Ultimately human traffic always has to do with questions connected to sexuality, morals, partnership relations and gender topics. In the churches, however, these themes are seldom discussed openly. But there is no alternative to facing 10 Projects of the church and diaconal advisory centre “Jadwiga” in Hof; the advisory agency “Fluchtpunkt“ for children and young people in Cheb/Eger, run since 2006 by the Evangelisches Jugendfürsorgewerk (EJF-Lazarus) and the Jana Project in Domažlice. Extensive help throughout the entire territory of the Czech Republic is offered by the Caritas project “Magdala“ in the Archdiocese of Prague. Additionally the secular organizations Rozkoš and Rizika, La Strada – those returning voluntarily to their homelands, IOM ČR, ˇSance – work with boys in prostitution. Further the crossborder social work of KARO e.V. (Plauen) and the professional advisory agency for victims of human trafficking, KOBRAnet (Zittau and Leipzig). �� – IN THE MIDDLE OF EUROPE – 139
these questions. An approach that respects the dignity of people in the prostitution milieu is the precondition for effective work for and with those affected. Church and society as good as never address the topics of violence, misuse and numbing of feeling in the field of sexual behaviour. Yet just these themes are decisive for understanding the phenomenon of prostitution, for understanding the situation of the women – the victims of the sex business – and the men – the clients. A precondition of work with and for those who are affected by this problematic is dealing in an accepting way with people in the environment of prostitution. That is why silence about prostitution, partnership relations and violence must be broken through among those who can help. It is necessary – above all for Christians – to abandon the stance of a distanced moral critique and understand the needs of the victims of the sex business. We Recommend EXPLoita Tion Opening and supporting in the church and its congregations a broad discussion of the themes of partnership relations, family and human sexuality. This can be served by materials already published for work in youth education as also for work with women and men. 11 Engaging themselves as churches for a comprehensive gender and sex education in schools and in church work with children and young people. This is about the example of a responsibly lived sexuality marked by careful respect and personal relationship. Sensitizing the �Public � � � � It is vital to inform the public in church and society about this massive and excessive infringement of human rights represented by human trafficking. In this the backgrounds and connexions are to be made clear. At this point it is also necessary to depict the extent of the need – including the need for help and support – for which in both countries there is no adequate financial support. In this connexion there are already successful examples of effective publicity 11 So e.g.: Männer und der Sex. Die Artisten im Bett, männerforum, Zeitschrift der Männerarbeit der EKD, No. 25, Oktober 2001; Hansfried Boll, Männer und Sexualität, in: Martin Rosowski/Andreas Ruffing, Ermutigung zum Mannsein. Ein ökumenisches Praxishandbuch für Männerarbeit, Kassel 2002; Frauen-Leben, ein Positionspapier des Präsidiums der Ev. Frauenarbeit in Deutschland zu Lebensformen von Frauen, Mai 2005; Prostitution, Tagungsdokumentation zum Studientag der EFD, May 2001. The most recent memorandum of the ECG on sexual ethics dates admittedly from the year 1971. �� 140 – IN THE MIDDLE OF EUROPE –
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