Gender Equity - Dignity
In May 2013, Perla’s journey began with the people who prostitute themselves on the streets of Lausanne, Switzerland. Very quickly, connections with other groups in the same city or in other cities took place, as well as with organizations in other countries with similar goals.
Acknowledging for the suffering, loneliness and lack of dignity of those peoples, a conviction was born: We cannot let this situation continue without denouncing it. The world needs to know what is really happening.
Perla has been an association since 2017 and is a recognized organization of public utility. The association has developed in other regions of Switzerland (in Vaud, Bienne, Geneva, Fribourg and Valais), and the association can count on many collaborators, mostly volunteers who are indispensable for this goal. We also have a group in Burkina Faso.
Human trafficking is a system of violence, exploitation and inequality that is ravaging all countries of the world and must be combated and abolished. Enslaving a human being into slavery and treating him or her as an object without rights or dignity is one of the worst kinds of suffering that can be inflicted on a human being. The Perla association fights against all forms of human trafficking (forced labour, organ trafficking, etc.) but its current priority is sexual exploitation.
We have seen looks of fear, shame, resigned to hopelessness of a better future. We cannot let this suffering continue without denouncing it. We work at diminishing the number of Human Trafficking victims in Switzerland. For this, we need to develop in other regions of Switzerland, visiting the potential victims, and also raise awareness about the reality of Human Trafficking in Switzerland. We need to increase our means to do campaigns, develop shelters and trainings.
For more information you can visit our website : perlaorganisation.com or contact us at info@perlaorganisation.com