纽约这些巨幅壁画背后，是儿童被贩卖为奴为娼的故事……（组图）

走在纽约繁华的大街上，如果看到一副巨型的女孩壁画，用手机扫一扫，可能会读到女孩悲惨的被拐卖为娼为奴的经历……

11年前，当时年仅11岁的纽约女孩Melanie Thompson在从电影院回家的路上遭到绑架。此后，她被迫从事性交易。在超过8年时间里，她站过街，在网上卖淫，还在地下脱衣舞俱乐部工作。

如今23岁的Thompson虽然已经获得了自由，但她的脖子和手臂上却留下了皮条客袭击她时留下的刀疤。而她心灵上的创伤更是难以愈合。

"I felt like it was never going to end. I was raped all the time, I was bought all the time, people would come and do unimaginable things to me," she told CNN.

“我感觉那一切都不会结束。我一直被强暴，一直被买卖，人们对我做出无法想象的事情，”她告诉CNN。

"I may be physically out, but I still feel mentally trapped... Even to this day, I still struggle with viewing myself as a person who's worth something more than sex or money," she said.

“我可能身体自由了，但我的精神仍被囚禁着……甚至到了今天，我仍旧难以把自己看作一个真正的人——一个比性或金钱更重要的人来看待，”她说。

▲New York street art shines a light on human trafficking (via CNN)

Thompson的故事被画成了壁画。这幅高60英尺宽40英尺的壁画就在纽约曼哈顿的Bridge Street25号。只要用手机软件Behind the Wall扫一扫这幅壁画，就能听到Thompson的悲惨故事。

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类似像Thompson这样的被拐卖儿童的壁画涂鸦总共有6幅。它们都是由几位国际艺术家绘制而成，用来描绘仍然存在于世界各地的不同形式的“现代奴隶制”：包括美国的性交易、欧洲的家庭奴隶、非洲的娃娃兵、亚洲的服装业童工、拉丁美洲的渔业童工，以及非洲的巧克力业童工等。

发起这项活动的是一个名为Street Art for Mankind(SAM)的非政府机构，目的是通过艺术提高对儿童奴役问题的认识，打击人口贩卖和儿童贩卖。

The images are not direct representations of the victims, but rather an "allegory of the issue," said Audrey Decker, co-founder of SAM along with her husband Thibault Decker. "The point being that this child could be any child, including ours," she added.

这些图像并不直接代表那些受害者，而是“寓意了（人口贩卖）这个问题，”SAM的联合创始人Audrey Decker说道。她和丈夫Thibault Decker一起创立了SAM。“关键是，这个孩子可以是任何一个孩子，包括我们自己的，”她补充说。

Audrey Decker believes that putting the subject in front of the public in the form of street art will help people realize that modern slavery is everywhere.

Audrey Decker相信，把这个问题用街头艺术的形式，摆在公众面前，将会帮助人们意识到现代奴役无处不在。

"That's why it was important to include a local survivor," she said. "People weren't aware it was happening here... So we decided to make a statement to show it happens right on our doorstep."

“这就是为什么这些壁画里要包含一个当地受害者的重要原因，”她说。“人们过去没有意识到，这里也在发生着同样的事……因此，我们决定（用这种方式）来表明，它就发生在我们的家门口。”

▲New York street art shines a light on human trafficking (via CNN)

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This image tells the story of Henriette, who migrated from Togo to France at the age of 14. 

（上图）这幅壁画讲了Henriette的故事。她在14岁时从西非的多哥共和国移民到法国。

She told SAM that her parents had sent her there to work for a woman in return for education. However she says she did not go to school, and instead spent almost five years working in the house, sleeping on the floor and eating leftovers. 

她告诉SAM，她的父母把她送到一个女人家中，用工作换取受教育的机会。不过，她说她从没有去过学校，而是在那个女人的房子里工作了差不多5年，睡地板，吃剩菜剩饭。

French artist, Jo Di Bona created the mural, located on Cliff Street.

法国艺术家Jo Di Bona创作了这幅壁画，就在Cliff街上。

▲New York street art shines a light on human trafficking (via CNN)

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This mural represents the story of Ibrahim, who says he spent his childhood working as a cocoa picker in Ivory Coast. 

（上图）这幅壁画讲述了Ibrahim的故事，他的童年是作为采可可的童工在科特迪瓦度过的。

According to the Global Slavery Index, an estimated 891,000 children aged between 10 and 17 years old worked in cocoa production in Ivory Coast between October 2016 and November 2017. 

根据全球奴役指数数据，在2016年10月到2017年11月期间，有89.1万名10岁至17岁的儿童在科特迪瓦的可可生产业工作。

The mural was painted by French street artist Loic Ercolessl and can be found at 9 Maiden Lane.

这幅壁画是由法国街头艺术家Loic Ercolessl绘制的，它就在Maiden Lane9号。

▲New York street art shines a light on human trafficking (via CNN)

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This mural represents the story of Ariel, who says he began working as a seafood diver in Honduras aged just seven. 

（上图）这幅壁画讲述了Ariel的故事，他从7岁开始起在洪都拉斯从事海产潜水工作。

The International Labour Organization (ILO) says child labor is widespreading in the global fishing industry, and that it's one of the most hazardous occupations. Ariel's account was provided to SAM by the charity World Vision. 

国际劳工组织说，童工现象在全球的渔业蔓延，而渔业又是最危险的职业之一。Ariel的故事是由慈善组织World Vision提供给SAM的。

The mural was painted by Btoy, a Spanish artist, and is located at 243 Water Street.

这幅壁画是由西班牙艺术家Btoy绘制，它的位置在Water街243号。

▲New York street art shines a light on human trafficking (via CNN)

(Via CNN)

This mural represents the problem of child labor in the fashion industry in Bangladesh. It tells the story of Bithi, who says she was sent to work in a factory at the age of 12, helping to make designer jeans. 

（上图）这幅壁画反应了孟加拉国时尚业的童工问题。它讲述了Bithi的故事。12岁时，Bithi就被送进工厂工作，协助生产品牌牛仔裤。

According to World Vision, who provided her account to SAM, she helped to make 480 pairs of jeans a day, for which she was paid just over $1. 

World Vision向SAM提供了Bithi的故事。Bithi每天协助生产480条牛仔裤，而她每天的收入只有1美元。

The mural on 28 Cliff Street was painted by Mexican street artist KinMx.

位于Cliff街28号的这幅壁画是由墨西哥街头艺术家KinMx画的。

▲New York street art shines a light on human trafficking (via CNN)

世界劳工组织的数据显示，2016年，全世界有4000万人沦为现代奴役的受害者。

Of these, one in four victims were children. In the US, there was an estimated 403,000 people are living in trafficking situations, according to the Global Slavery Index.

这些受害者中，有四分之一是儿童。根据全球奴役指数显示，在美国有40.3万人遭受人口贩卖。

"...people need to really open their eyes and understand that this happens right around them every day."

她说，“人们真的需要睁大眼睛，来明白这些事（现代奴役）其实每天都发生在他们身边。”

▲New York street art shines a light on human trafficking (via CNN)