This
is just to share with you a nice experience, related to an important event
yesterday, where I offered the interpretation services - the official launching
of the campaign "Set Free. Untold stories of sexual violence".
It
consisted of official speeches of top Moldovan authorities, UNDP, OSCE, UNFPA +
speeches of several important ambassadors of UK, USA, Sweden and JAPAN! Then a
flashmob followed, directed against domestic and sexual violence. The whole
idea was to raise awareness on the victims and survivors of sexual violence,
mainly women and girls, and especially refugees, which are especially
vulnerable to sexual assaults, exploitation, rapes, etc and to mobilize the
state authorities, civil society, communities, police, doctors, service
providers to support the survivors of such nightmare with more compassion,
understanding and empathy.
I
need to confess that the Ambassador of Japan was the greatest one. He spoke in
a very compelling and convincing manner, bringing personal examples and also
the experience of his wife (in the past midwife who came across many cases of
rapes and sexual violence), he mentioned the intention of your national
Parliament to amend the criminal code to punish tougher the non-consensual
intercourse, to provide education for men and boys in schools to let them
understand the sufferings of women/girls who became victims of such situations,
to eliminate the stigma and shame from those victims.... I really admired him!
After
the event, His Excellence told me a lot of compliments about my interpretation
skills, I was very pleased to talk to him. I also mentioned my huge respect for
Japan and Japanese people and their generosity, I have mentioned the generosity
and kindness of Koichi san and my appreciation for everything your country is
doing to help both Moldovans and refugees.
