We also know of young women denied opportunity to leave Albania for other foreign study by their families because of unrealistic fears regarding prostitution. What is needed is ways for women to be able to establish the validity of foreign opportunities and not to subject them and their families to paralysing fear. I have just received a tragic letter from a young Albanian woman whose family prevented her from spending a training year with our project last year because of her father's fear that she might be forced into prostitution in Hungary. Three months ago she was kidnapped by a casual boyfriend who took her to another town and forced into prostitution while held in an apartment inside Albania. She was eventually ransomed back to her family who now want her to take a place with us.
Fear is no substitute for genuine understanding and knowledge.
We are all looking forward to the conference and hope to meet many of you there. Best regards John Davies. Salamon Alapitvany and IldikoK Memorial Civil Rights Institute Working for Peace and Equitable Justice for all Marginalised People Seeking to include Sex Workers within Civil Society without descrimination Believing in Change through Consensus not Repression. Dear John Davies, Regarding the posting which was passed to the journalist, I am very sorry for this misunderstanding. My intention is not to make the list unsafe for members or not respect to the author of the posting.