Posts Tagged ‘Human Trafficking’
Journeying Together to End Trafficking
The webinar, Journeying Together to End Trafficking, hosted on 30th July 2024 – World Day Against Trafficking in Humans – featured two young women who attended the recent Talitha Kum General Assembly in Italy – members of ACRATH and Young Mercy Links in SA – Isabel and Catherine discussed various issues, including the challenges for…
Read MoreWorld Day Against Trafficking in Persons
The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is observed each year on 30th July. The theme for 2024 is Leave no child behind in the fight against human trafficking. Large numbers of children continue to be exploited and trafficked due to inequitable social, economic, environmental and political factors. The 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in…
Read MoreOn the road to ending slavery
ACRATH runners and supporters raised over $10,000 on 22 July at the annual Run Melbourne charity event. Spirits soared as members of the Friends of ACRATH gathered in full force, determined to raise money for ACRATH’s critical initiatives, including education, awareness campaigns, advocacy, and victim-survivor support programs – all dedicated to the mission of eradicating…
Read MoreHelp Identify Risk of Forced Marriage
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) asked schools at the start of the year to learn the signs of forced marriage, in a bid to disrupt human trafficking in Australia. ACRATH and the AFP in collaboration with Catholic Education South Australia have responded and are offering schools the chance to learn more about the issue, and…
Read MoreYouth Must Not “Abandon” Injustices
Young justice advocates are looking at ways to influence their peers and join the global efforts to end modern slavery. The women, all part of ACRATH and Young Mercy Links South Australia, are running a webinar to mark the UN World Day Against Trafficking in Person on Tuesday 30 July 2024. The 45-minute webinar starts…
Read MoreThanks, Peter, for a Job Well Done
Fr Peter O’Neill ssc led ACRATH’s work on forced labour/labour exploitation since January 2019 when he became ACRATH’s representative on the Australian Government’s Seasonal Workers Programme Advisory Committee. He became a member of ACRATH in 2017 when he returned to Australia after ministering in Taiwan for 26 years. Peter was recently elected as the new…
Read More2024 TIP Report
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has released the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) with Cindy Dyer, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. The report includes narratives for 188 countries and highlights several emerging global trends including the continual growth of forced labor in online scam operations. One focus of the 2024 report is Exploring the…
Read MoreRevealing the Face of Modern Slavery
It is estimated there are now 41,000 men and women living in modern slavery in Australia every day, often in plain sight and 50 million people globally. These individuals are more than just staggering statistics; they are real people and at the heart of ACRATH’s work. Meet the faces behind these growing statistics: Lin, Rani,…
Read MoreStand with Victim/Survivors
Will you stand with us and the victim/survivors of human trafficking who need our help? Donate today ACRATH is working tirelessly to bring an end to modern slavery and there has never been a more important time to double our efforts. With your support so much has been achieved and these gains, after years of…
Read MoreA Witness of ACRATH Advocacy
Nicky Friedman saw first-hand the long-term advocacy and commitment needed during some of ACRATH’s modern slavery legal battles. As Head of Pro Bono and Community Engagement with Allens, a leading international law firm, Nicky and her team have supported ACRATH for more than a decade. In July Nicky and her colleague, Emma Fitzgerald, will not…
Read MoreAnti-Slavery Commissioner a Reality
The Federal Government has established Australia’s first federal Anti-Slavery Commissioner after the Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 was passed on May 28 2024. The Commissioner’s role will include engaging with and supporting victims and survivors of modern slavery and supporting businesses to address risks of modern slavery practices in their operations and supply…
Read MoreEliminating Modern Slavery
A delegation of women involved in anti-trafficking in Oceania, including ACRATH members in Australia, joined about 200 others at the recent Talitha Kum 2nd General Assembly in Rome to forge a five-year plan to combat modern slavery. Participants acknowledged ‘the world has changed dramatically in the past five years’. They discussed the impact of war…
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