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Sister Monica Chikwe, vice president, Slaves No More / U.S. Embassy to the Holy SeeVatican City, Oct 15, 2021 / 10:06 am (CNA).When a 26-year-old Nigerian girl was first forced out on the streets of Italy by her traffickers, she was told: "You have to start smiling."Blessing Okaedion still thinks back on that moment in 2013 as a turning point in her life."I can remember the shame. I can remember covering my face," Okaedion said at an event in Rome on Oct. 14.Her traffickers told her to smile for the clients, and Okaedion thought: "How can I just stop crying and start smiling?"She said that that was the moment that she realized that she was a slave without the freedom even to express her own emotions."You can no longer prove your emotions because it doesn t matter anymore because you are a slave," she said."You have to present yourself to the buyers that you are a product, that you chose to be there. You have to present yourself to the buyer, ....
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