Posts Tagged ‘16 Day Against Gender-based Violence’
Activism Against Exploitation
ACRATH’s four-year battle for justice for 22 men from the Pacific, who were exploited on farms in Australia when they came to work as part of the Seasonal Worker Program, has resulted in the men receiving Act of Grace payments. Judge Jarrett in the Brisbane federal circuit court in his 2017 judgement called the treatment…
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Today, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, marks the beginning of the United Nations 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence which ends on 10th December – Human Rights Day. Human trafficking, a $150 billion global industry, is one of the greatest examples of violence against women and girls. Millions of…
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