Serbian "Sisters" Film - Trafficking Trauma
(UN.GIFT) -The Serbian film
"Sisters" was shown at the UNODC offices in Vienna in a screening organized by UN.GIFT. The movie depicts
the tragic story of two sisters who fell into the hands of traffickers and
enslaved into the sex trade.
The story is based on a factual
events and it mirrors the real nature of human trafficking in Serbia, where 90 per cent of trafficking victims are young
women, who are sold for sexual exploitation.
In 2010, IOM, UNHCR and UNODC
launched a Joint Programme in Serbia, under the auspices of UN.GIFT, to support the
government in the implementation of its National Action Plan against
trafficking. UN.GIFT has identified Joint Programmes as a powerful means to
make national goals more coherent, effective and efficient, and to avoid
duplications and maximize synergies among national partners and UN
organizations.
The movie Sisters was produced
by Monte Royal Pictures and premiered in Belgrade earlier this year and it was also screened on Serbian
national television. The production was funded by IOM, the European Union and
the Serbian Ministry for Culture.