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UNWLA Branch 98 Welcomes Three New Members and Sponsors Programs to Raise Awareness of Trafficking in Women by Anna Krawczuk, Honorary President The newest m em bers of UNW LA B ranch 98 (H olm del/M iddletow n, New Jersey) are Iren e L aschuk, Iren e K raw czuk, and O ksana K oziak. Welcome! June 4, 2001, Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Seated from left: M. Orysia Jacus, Bozhena Olshaniwsky, UNWLA President Iryna Kurowyckyj, Jaroslawa Mulyk, Walter Zalisko, and Luba Bilowchtchuk. Standing second row from left: UNWLA Honorary President Anna Krawczuk, Ginger Agron, Victoria Mischenko, Ulana Kobzar, Luba Kasian, Judith Meisels, and Irving Meisels. Third row: Jaroslaw Shmigel, Nadia Shmigel, and Irene Krawczuk. Branch 98 capped its pre-summer activities by hosting two programs on trafficking in women: Trafficking in Women in Our Backyards. The initial program was held in April in Matawan, New Jersey; the second was held in June at the Monmouth County Library, Eastern Branch, in Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Both events were open to the public and were intended to bring awareness to our immediate communities of the trafficking problem which literally exists in our backyard. Guests were welcomed by branch president M. Orysia Jacus. In her opening remarks, program moderator Anna Krawczuk asserted that members of the UNWLA continuously voiced their strong protest against sex slavery through international channels such as the International Council of Women and the International Federation of Women’s Clubs, as well as through the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations at the United Nations. But despite new laws enacted in many countries (including Ukraine and the USA) against trafficking and enslavement of human beings, the problem continues. She commented that women in Ukraine should be forewarned about the existing dangers. Luba Bilowchtchuk, member of UNWLA Branch 4, presented an overview on the subject matter, supplemented by points raised in an article published in The Ukrainian Weekly. The information she presented including the following facts. Since Ukraine became independent in 1991, young Ukrainian girls and women have fallen prey to the enticements and false promises of employment, sometimes in glamorous jobs including modeling and acting. Many of these women, some underage, have ended up in foreign hostels and brothels in Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Western Europe, and eventually, Canada and the United States. It is impossible to estimate how many women have been affected, but it is known that more than 400,000 women of child-bearing age have been lost without a trace in the last ten years. Very few come forward to speak out; they fear being killed themselves or fear threats against their families back home. Girls from villages are most vulnerable. A video undercover story which originally aired on April 28, 2000 as a segment on the nationally syndicated “NBC Dateline” with Maria Shriver as commentator followed Ms. Bilowchtchuk’s presenta tion. The video focuses on two girls and a young woman from Ukraine who ended up in a brothel outside of Prague in the Czech Republic. All of them were abused, mistreated and violated by their male owners. The video continues with additional horrific
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