Call to Action February 2023
ACRATH supports the work of many like-minded organisations both in Australia and globally. Many produce resources that can be used in a variety of settings and some have campaigns underway. Our newsletter regularly includes this page, encouraging people to find out more and consider becoming involved in actions.
- Catholic organisations call on Government to beef up modern slavery law
https://cathnews.com/2022/11/30/catholic-organisations-call-on-government-to-beef-up-modern-slavery-law/ - AFP protects 53 potential victims of human trafficking | Australian Federal Police
https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/afp-protects-53-potential-victims-human-trafficking - Vanuatu skills development program ’empowers’ returned seasonal workers to grow small businesses
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-03/yumi-growem-vanuatu-seasonal-workers-become-entrepreneurs/101552032 - Inside the call centre scam that lured vulnerable workers to Cambodia and trapped them in the murky world of human trafficking
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-29/inside-call-centre-scams-in-cambodia-torture-fear-and-survival/101770352 - Church groups in Brazil fight human trafficking
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2022/11/church-groups-in-brazil-fight-human-trafficking - Unions NSW survey of 7,000 foreign language job ads finds more than half offer illegal rates of pay
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-05/unions-nsw-foreign-language-job-ads-survey-most-spruik-low-pay/101730106 - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologises for Netherlands’s role in slave trade
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-20/dutch-pm-mark-rutte-apologises-for-netherlands-slavery/101794460 - Global Sisters Report: Trafficking
https://www.globalsistersreport.org/topics/trafficking - Stop Trafficking Newsletter
https://sistersagainsttrafficking.org/stop-trafficking-newsletter/
