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MTV EXIT LAUNCHES INDONESIA ROADSHOW SERIES EDUCATING, ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
MTV EXIT NATIONAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING ROADSHOWS ACROSS THREE PROVINCES IN INDONESIA: PONTIANAK, LOMBOK, AND SUKABUMI
22 NOVEMBER 2012, JAKARTA/PONTIANAK: MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) yesterday announced the launch of the 2012 Indonesia Roadshows, a series of events that aim to build the capacity of youth leaders to run their own human trafficking awareness campaigns throughout the country. In partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the MTV EXIT Roadshows will begin this week in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, featuring a free public Roadshow Concert on 24 November 2012 at GOR (Gedung Olah Raga).
The Roadshows will follow on the success of the MTV EXIT Live in Bandung Concert in September 2012, which led to 25,000 Indonesian music fans joining the movement to end exploitation and human trafficking. After this week’s stop in Pontianak, MTV EXIT’s three-city Roadshow tour will continue to Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara from 4-7 December 2012, and end in Sukabumi, West Java in January 2013.
The MTV EXIT Roadshow in Pontianak will officially kick-off on 21 November with two days of human trafficking awareness and media workshops for 26 local youth leaders ages 18-25. The objective of the training sessions is to further the youths’ understanding of this devastating crime, and build their confidence and skills to share important safe migration messages with their peers and communities.
On 23 November, MTV EXIT’s partner, IOM, will host a School Forum at Pontianak Convention Centre in collaboration with the Regional Police Department of West Kalimantan (Polda Kalbar) and support from the United States Department of State (JTIP) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP). The event will bring together approximately 2000 students from across West Kalimantan, 100 sub-district representatives and village leaders, and 20 border control and police officials to learn how they can take complementary actions to prevent human trafficking and exploitation in Indonesia. The event will feature remarks by representatives from the Indonesian National Police and the AFP, drama performances by the MTV EXIT youth participants, and a screening of the documentary Enslaved: An MTV EXIT Special.
The documentary gives audiences a real-life perspective into this critical social problem affecting 2.5 million people, more than half of which are from Asia and the Pacific. MTV EXIT Celebrity Ambassador to Indonesia and host of Enslaved: An MTV EXIT Special, Dian Sastrowardoyo, connects these experiences to the audience, shares information about how Indonesians can protect themselves and their families from being trafficked, and highlights what everyone can do to help end this devastating crime.
On 24 November, the free MTV EXIT Roadshow Concert in Pontianak will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the GOR venue. It will feature live performances by Coffee This Morning, Maximine, the Hinotamafunk dance troupe, and live graffiti art by Water Squad. Attendees will also hear remarks from local officials and NGO representatives about human trafficking and exploitation, and view a public screening of Enslaved: An MTV EXIT Special.
Details regarding MTV EXIT Indonesia Roadshow events in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara and Sukabumi, West Java will be announced soon.
The MTV EXIT Indonesia Roadshows aim to support the ongoing counter-human trafficking efforts of the Government of Indonesia (The National Task Force to Prevent and Address the Criminal Act of Trafficking in Persons), and are produced in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Australian Government’s Agency for International Development (AusAID), Walk Free: the movement to end modern slavery (WF) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
For more details about human trafficking and exploitation in Asia, visit www.mtvexit.org or follow MTV EXIT on the following social media platforms: Twitter @mtvexit and www.facebook.com/mtvexit