Call to Action March 2025
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 and advocacy.
- Fake job ads leading to scam compounds and sexual slavery
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-26/fake-job-ads-leading-to-scam-compounds-and-sexual-slavery/104953504 - Survivor’s story sheds light on modern slavery – Parliament of Victoria
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/society/modern-slavery - What people face in Myanmar after release from forced labour
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/what-people-face-in-myanmar-after-release-from-forced-labour/105033040 - People trafficking probes surge by 4000%, no prosecutions in five years
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545409/people-trafficking-probes-surge-by-4000-percent-no-prosecutions-in-five-years - African Catholics Join Forces Against Human Trafficking in Unprecedented Campaign
https://www.osvnews.com/african-catholics-join-forces-against-human-trafficking-in-unprecedented-campaign - Talitha Kum youth in Quebec raise awareness about human trafficking
https://www.globalsistersreport.org/trafficking/talitha-kum-youth-quebec-raise-awareness-about-human-trafficking - Electric bus deals under review by NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-12/electric-bus-deals-under-review-by-nsw-anti-slavery-commissioner/105022128 - Pope: Defend human dignity, eliminate human trafficking
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-02/pope-francis-message-day-prayer-against-human-trafficking.html - Trafficking and crime will rise after US foreign aid freeze, experts say
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-11/trafficking-and-crime-will-rise-after-us-aid-freeze-experts-say/104904274 - Launch of New Call to Action from and to Young Ambassadors of Hope Against Human Trafficking
https://www.talithakum.info/en/news/launch-of-new-call-to-action-against-human-trafficking-on-the-international-womens-day-march-8-2025 - Blue Dragon
https://www.bluedragon.org/our-work/what-is-trafficking/ending-slavery - How vulnerable people are trafficked to fuel a global cyber scam industry
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/human-trafficking-vietnam-fuelling-cyber-slave-romance-scams/104542548 - Colombia’s child marriage ban comes into effect
https://plan-international.org/news/2025/02/07/colombias-child-marriage-ban-comes-into-effect - Be Slavery Free
https://www.beslaveryfree.com
