Model safety and well-being is a priority for our business community.

I WILL NOT! work with a business that risks the safety of our models.

OUR MODELS SAFETY COMES FIRST!

Our Models Safety Comes First is an important awareness and self- regulation campaign to show our business community, models, families, authorities and legislators that we are a responsible business community and take the safety and well-being of our young models seriously!

· OUR MODELS AND THEIR FAMILIES DEMAND AND DESERVE IT.

· OUR REPUTATION AND BUSINESS GROWTH DEPENDS ON IT

· OUR INDUSTRY MUST DELIVER IT!

In recent months, MAMA and its members have had to work with Embassy officials and Police to assist models at risk or in danger.

This has included:

·Models being physically and verbally assaulted

·Models held and locked indoors against their will (false imprisonment)

·Models needing the assistance of local Embassies and/or Police rescue

·Passports retained by agents as a leverage guarantee to fulfill contracts

·Flight tickets retained by agents as a leverage guarantee to fulfill contracts

·Models bullied and degraded by agents

·Models jailed for not having proper work permits

·Models abandoned in the streets by agents

·Models ejected from model apartments in the middle of the night

The policy of MAMA is clear:

No one should lock a model indoors against their will.No one should retain a models passport or travel documents as a guarantee to fulfill working contracts.No one should retain a models flight ticket as a guarantee to fulfill working contracts.No one should make a model do anything against their will.No one should threaten or risk the safety of a model.

We as a community must be vigilant and will condemn any type of abuse or violence against our models.

MAMA is clear: Members will not work with a business that risks the safety of our models.Our models safety comes first.

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MODELS MANAGERS OR AGENTS WHO ARE AWARE OF ANY ABUSE OR ASSAULT SHOULD REPORT IT TO THE AUTHORITIES (DEPENDING UPON THE SEVERITY OF THE MATTER) AND / OR TO THE MAMA HOTLINE WWW.M-A-M-A.ORG/MAMA@M-A-M-A.ORG