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From: Ivo Skoric 
Subject: (Fwd) News from Medica-Zenica -Forwarded
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From: "Ivo Skoric" 
Subject: (Fwd) News from Medica-Zenica -Forwarded

Zenica, 13.06.1996.

SUBJECT: Humanitarian Sextourism?

To all Humanitarian Organisation and International Agencies

It is an open secret that also in Zenica prostitution is increasing. We 
are alarmed by the fact that this concerns especially young women 
and girls sometimes not older than 14 years. The places for making 
contact are known: the vicinity of big hotels like Hotel International, 
Metallurg, Dom Penzionera, and other central places like the main 
bridge or Radakovo.

It seems that most clients are Internationals, i.e. male members of 
humanitarian and other international organisations whose task it 
should be to help improve the living conditions in Bosnia. Instead, 
by buying sex they take advantage of economical need and 
inexperience of young women and girls.
This fact itself is a scandal. It is outraging considering that 
thousands of women have been subject to rape, sexual violation and 
torture in this country during the war.

The increase of prostitution is a typical symptom of post war times. 
Especially in places where there are a lot of international male staff 
and soldiers. This is known from other countries like Germany or 
the Philippines, where women and girls are forced to prostitute 
themselves in order to survive.

Medica will start to monitor and observe the situation in Zenica. We 
ask all organisations working with women and girls
- to provide us with whatever information they have on this subject
- to mobilise their donators and head offices for setting up income 
generating projects especially for women and girls

Last not least we urge all head of offices to look into this matter 
with due care and dismiss immediately all male staff members having 
sex with minors or taking advantage of the miserable situation of 
many women in Zenica. Sexual exploitation is not a matter of 
privacy!


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