Posts Tagged ‘Covid 19’
Impacts of Covid-19
A report entitled Scarring Effects of the Pandemic Economy: COVID-19’s ongoing impact on jobs, insecurity and social services in Victoria has been released in Melbourne. The report was delivered to Catholic Social Services Victoria and St Mary’s House of Welcome for a project conducted through Australian Catholic University’s (ACU) Stakeholder Engaged Scholarship Unit (SESU). It…
Read MoreACRATH 2021 Annual Report
What challenges did ACRATH face during the pandemic year of 2021? And what have we managed to achieve? Our outgoing ACRATH President, Louise Cleary csb, commends our 2021 annual report to you. You can read about the impact of Covid-19 on global context of human trafficking and the changes to ACRATH governance. You can read…
Read MoreCovid-19 and Modern Slavery
Covid-19 has impacted the lives of many people especially those who are vulnerable. Research conducted by Dr. Nerida Chazal, University of South Australia, and Ms Kyla Raby, Australian Red Cross, has shone a light on the The Impact of Covid-19 on the Identification of Victims of Modern Slavery and their Access to Support Services in…
Read MoreGlobal Child Labour Estimates
Released ahead of the World Day Against Child Labour on 12th June, a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF – Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward – warns that progress to end child labour has stalled for the first time in 20 years, reversing the previous downward…
Read More#SheWearstheCost
COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on women garment workers, who have lost jobs and income. Workers are going hungry, skipping meals, and can’t feed their families. While big fashion brands continue to make huge profits during COVID-19, the women who make their clothes are wearing the cost. 80% or 35 million garment workers worldwide are…
Read MoreThank you ACRATH volunteers
Volunteer Week is observed 17th to 23rd May. Thanks to ACRATH’s 110 wonderful volunteers working around Australia to combat human trafficking. Our volunteers work in many areas including awareness raising through presentations, developing education resources, political advocacy, companionship to trafficked people and fundraising. In 2019 our volunteers contributed 8588 volunteer hours. (COVID-19 limited presentations in schools…
Read MoreCall to Address Root Causes
CEDAW (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination of Against Women) has called on governments to pursue all appropriate means to eliminate trafficking in women and girls, highlighting the increasing use of social media to recruit trafficking victims during the COVID-19 pandemic. In its General Recommendation NO 38 CEDAW reports that women and girls still account…
Read MoreTrapped at Sea by Covid-19
Border restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19 have trapped many of the worlds 1.6 million seafarers at sea for many months. In Australia it is against the law for seafarers to take even a five-minute break on the wharf. Sister of St Joseph, Sr Mary Leahy, works as a chaplain to…
Read MoreStop Trafficking!
Some of the many predictable and unforeseen ways the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted human trafficking are reviewed in the November issue of Stop Trafficking!. Articles include: The Double Pandemics: Human Trafficking and Covid-19 Increased Children’s Risk to Trafficking Impact on Women and Girls Challenges to Survivors Covid-19 in the Coffee Sector Human Trafficking for Forced…
Read MoreTemporary Migrants During Covid-19
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic ACRATH has been concerned for migrant workers and international students and their vulnerability to exploitation. UTS Law’s A/Prof Laurie Berg and UNSW’s A/Prof Bassina Farbenblum co-directs of the Migrant Worker Justice Initiative have recently undertaken research on the experiences of international students and visa holders during Covid-19. Their finding from a…
Read MoreSupport for Workers in Queensland
ACRATH’s Regional Coordinator in Queensland, Sr Janine Bliss fmm, has been spending a good bit of time in the Bundaberg area supporting seasonal workers in recent times. The workers are mainly from Vanuatu and Timor-Leste. These workers came to Australia through the Seasonal Workers Program, a government aid programme. It is a sad fact that…
Read MoreThank You ACRATH Volunteers
So much of what ACRATH achieves depends on our volunteers. They generously contribute many hours each year so that the mission of ACRATH can be realised. Especially during this Volunteers Week (18th -25th May), ACRATH says thank you for your support in the areas of advocacy, awareness raising and education, and for your commitment to…
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