Call to Action November 2022
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.
Know what you are buying
- Fair Trade Association 2022 Christmas Shopping Guide is now available
http://www.fta.org.au/ - Baptist World Aid: Get Your Copy of The Ethical Fashion Guide
https://baptistworldaid.org.au/resources/ethical-fashion-guide/
Global estimates of modern slavery
- 50 million people worldwide in modern slavery
https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_855019/lang–en/index.htm - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/index.html
Australia’s news reports on modern slavery issues
- Trafficked: Women shunted ‘like cattle’ around Australia for sex work
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/trafficked-women-shunted-like-cattle-around-australia-for-sex-work-20221018-p5bqnd.html - Modern slavery, forced marriages rise to 50 million amid pandemic and conflicts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-12/modern-slavery-forced-marraiges-rise-ilo-says/101431124 - Inside the ‘pig-butchering’ scams seeing thousands trafficked into cyber slavery
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-16/cambodia-human-trafficking-online-scam-pig-butchering/101407862 - Federal police fear hike in child forced marriage cases as overseas travel restrictions lift
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-04/nsw-forced-marriage-police-fear-spike-as-travel-resumes-/101317834 - Forced labour taking place in China’s Xinjiang region, UN’s top slavery expert says
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-18/xinjiang-forced-labour-china-un-slavery-expert/101347992
More about our global network
- U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking
https://sistersagainsttrafficking.org/ - Stop Trafficking Newsletter
https://sistersagainsttrafficking.org/stop-trafficking-newsletter/
