Just announced - MTV EXIT is holding the first ever
large-scale, open-air public concert featuring an international artist
in Yangon, Myanmar on December 16, 2012. American singer-songwriter
Jason Mraz is headlining this historic event being held in front of
the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda.
MTV EXIT Live in Myanmar assets are available at www.mtvexit.org/assets. #EXITslavery #MTVEXITLiveinMyanmar
MULTI
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST JASON MRAZ TO PERFORM AT HISTORIC MTV EXIT CONCERT
IN YANGON, MYANMAR TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
FIRST
EVER INTERNATIONAL CONCERT TO BE HELD IN MYANMAR
IN
FRONT OF ICONIC SHWEDAGON PAGODA ON DECEMBER 16
CONCERT
TO AIR IN MORE THAN A HALF-BILLION HOMES AS A SPECIAL EDITION OF “MTV WORLD
STAGE”
17 NOVEMBER
2012, YANGON:
MTV
EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) today announces a historic live concert in Myanmar to be held on December 16th
to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking. The free live
concert will be held at the Yangon People’s Square, which lies at the base of
the magnificent 2600 year-old Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the most iconic and
auspicious sites in the country.
Multi GRAMMY award-winning singer songwriter Jason
Mraz will headline the event becoming the first international artist ever to
perform at an open-air concert in Myanmar. Also performing are Myanmar’s top
artists including Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein and R Zarni. Sharing the stage at the
free concert will be speakers from the anti-trafficking sector, government and
donor community who work to fight human trafficking in Myanmar.
In addition, MTV EXIT today launches a contest giving
fans a chance to win a trip to see Jason Mraz live in Myanmar. Contest details are at www.mtvexit.org.
MTV EXIT Live in Myanmar will be broadcast
in Myanmar on national television and will
air across MTV's international network in early 2013 as a special edition of “MTV
World Stage,” MTV’s weekly live music series. Available in more than a
half-billion homes, the program will feature performances, interviews and key educational
information about human trafficking.
The event is funded by the Australian
Government’s Agency for International Development (AusAID), the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Walk Free, a
global movement to end modern-day slavery; and produced in partnership with the Government of the Republic
of the Union of Myanmar, the United Nations Inter-Agency Project Against Human
Trafficking (UNIAP) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN).
Jason Mraz has taken his musical journey from coffee
houses to stadiums globally and now has two GRAMMY awards and six GRAMMY
nominations to his credit. In 2008, his
third album, We Sing We Dance We Steal Things, featured the hit “I’m Yours,”
which sold more than 21 million units worldwide and the GRAMMY-winning songs
“Make It Mine” and “Lucky.” Most
recently, Mraz released Love Is A Four Letter Word, which features the chart-topping
song, “I Won’t Give Up.” Mraz has been a
longtime advocate against human trafficking, engaging with anti-trafficking
organizations in Ghana and The Philippines.
The Californian singer last performed to capacity crowds in Asia in June
2012 as part of the Tour Is A Four Letter Word world tour.
Human trafficking is a tragic crime that enslaves and
exploits its victims, the majority of which are women and children. There are more
than 20 million people living in slavery around the world with Myanmar and
Southeast Asia particularly affected. The concert forms part of a wider
initiative that seeks to educate and train youth through innovative television
programming, digital content, capacity building workshops and community-based
events. MTV EXIT Live in Myanmar
follows the production of two Myanmar MTV EXIT documentaries on human
trafficking, which were broadcast in 2010 and 2012 on national television to
educate the public about the dangers of trafficking.
MTV EXIT is also proud to partner with Edelman,
the world’s largest public relations firm. Further details on the concert including
how to obtain free tickets will be released soon. For more information, visit www.mtvexit.org or follow MTV
EXIT on the following social media platforms: Twitter @mtvexit and Facebook www.facebook.com/mtvexit.
For more media information, contact:
Fearne (Wanwipa
Wilawan), MTV EXIT | Email: wanwipa.wilawan@mtvexit.org / media@mtvexit.org | Thai Number:
+66 89799 9442
More Information:
MTV EXIT
The MTV
EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) campaign is an
award-winning multimedia initiative to raise awareness and increase
prevention of human trafficking and exploitation. MTV EXIT was launched in
Europe in 2004 and expanded across Asia with USAID in 2007. To date MTV EXIT
has produced an extensive catalogue of powerful TV programming to promote
awareness about human trafficking. MTV documentaries include Sold: An MTV EXIT Special
presented by Lara Dutta; Traffic: An MTV EXIT Special, presented by Lucy Liu;
and Inhuman Traffic, presented by Angelina Jolie; each of which have been translated
into a dozen local language versions presented by Asian celebrities such as
Rain of Korea and Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein and R Zarni in Myanmar. Further MTV EXIT
programming also includes short films, public service announcements, animated
drama and music videos. MTV EXIT and Radiohead collaborated on an anti-exploitation
video for their song All I Need, which premiered across MTV’s global network
with similar collaborations with The Killers, MUSE, The Click Five, etc. MTV
EXIT has also established partnerships with over 100 non-governmental
organizations, distributed hundreds of thousands of anti-trafficking brochures
in over 25 languages, and reached out to millions of young people through
anti-trafficking messages at concerts and music festivals featuring R.E.M.,
Radiohead, The White Stripes, The Hives, Thievery Corporation, Placebo, Jason
Mraz and hundreds of other international and local artists. For more
information visit www.mtvexit.org
USAID
USAID, the
United States Agency for International Development, is an independent U.S. Government
agency that operates under the foreign-policy direction of the U.S. Secretary
of State. Since 1961, USAID has been the
principal U.S. Government agency extending assistance to countries worldwide
recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic
reforms. USAID’s Regional Development
Mission for Asia, based in Bangkok, oversees a broad portfolio of regional and
transnational programs, and also provides support to several USAID bilateral
missions in Asia as well as manages programs in countries in which it does not
have a permanent presence. Its regional
approach addresses problems that cross national boundaries, such as human and
wildlife trafficking, HIV/AIDS, natural resources conservation, trade, and
political and economic conflict. Please
see www.usaid.gov for more information.
AusAID
AusAID is
the Australian Agency for International Development. Australia’s development
assistance is guided by the Millennium Development Goals, the internationally
agreed targets for poverty reduction, and by the Australian aid program’s
objective to assist developing nations to reduce poverty and achieve
sustainable development. Australia works with NGOs, multilateral institutions
and volunteers, as well as directly with national governments. Australia’s
support to the MTV EXIT Campaign complements other anti-trafficking work AusAID
is undertaking in the region. These projects include the Asia Regional
Trafficking in Persons (ARTIP) Project, which aims to strengthen the capacity
of criminal justice agencies in South East Asia to respond to human
trafficking; Project TRIANGLE, which works with governments in the region to
improve the living and working conditions of migrants; and Project Childhood,
which seeks to better protect children from child sex tourism and improve
government systems to put the perpetrators of this crime behind bars. See www.ausaid.gov.au for more information.
Walk Free
Walk Free is a new movement of
people everywhere working together to end one of the world’s greatest evils:
modern slavery. As we build our community across the world with the powerful
tools of new technologies and social media, we will seek change at local,
national and global levels. Walk Free’s aim is to mobilise citizens,
governments, businesses and communities to take action – so that slavery in all
its forms is brought to an end, and people everywhere can walk free. www.walkfree.org
Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN)
The
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August
1967. The Member States of the Association are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and
Vietnam. The ASEAN Secretariat is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. General
information on ASEAN appears on-line at the ASEAN Website: www.asean.org.
Human Trafficking
Human
Trafficking is defined by the United Nations as “the recruitment,
transportation, and receipt of a person for sexual or economical exploitation
by force, fraud, coercion, or deception” in order to make a profit. It is a
form of modern-day slavery with the UN estimating that there are more than 20
million people living in slavery around the world, with the majority of these
victims in Asia and the Pacific. It is the second-largest illegal trade after
drugs, with criminal traffickers earning over US$10 billion every year through
the buying and selling of human beings. Often, victims are young men and women
– the MTV demographic – who are guilty only of wanting a better life.
Regards,
MTV EXIT Media
For more media information, contact:
Fearne (Wanwipa Wilawan), MTV EXIT | Email: wanwipa.wilawan@mtvexit.org / media@mtvexit.org | Thai Number: +66 89799 9442
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