Posts Tagged ‘modern day slavery’
Stop Trafficking!
Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 12 No 10 The latest issue of Stop Trafficking! highlights issues around providing assistance to human trafficking survivors for their healing journey. One article speaks of the work being done by The Coalition of US Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking (USCSAHT) to curb modern day slavery. Download your copy here.
Read More‘Broken Dreamers’ MTV EXIT & BIRKII
What is Human Trafficking? Do you know what human trafficking is? Would you know how to recognises this crime. A video clip recently released by MTV Exit tells the story of three characters caught in nightmarish situations of human trafficking also know as modern day slavery. Created by McCann Sydney the video exposes s0me of the tricks…
Read MoreAnti-Human Trafficking Resources
United States Catholic Bishops’ Conference Resources The mission of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Anti-Trafficking Program (ATP) is to educate on the scourge of human trafficking as an offense against fundamental dignity of the human person; to advocate for an end to modern day slavery; and to provide training and technical assistance on this…
Read MoreInternational Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery
Victory Over Slavery: Haiti and Beyond Every year on 25 March, the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade offers the opportunity to remember those who suffered and died at the hands of the brutal slavery system. This day is also an opportunity to raise awareness about modern…
Read MoreNational Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
US Presidential Proclamation In proclaiming January 2014 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in the US President Barack Obama declared, “Over a century and a half after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, millions remain in bondage — children forced to take part in armed conflict or sold to brothels by their…
Read MoreInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
“End Modern-Day Slavery and Servitude” The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date in 1949 of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. The focus of this day is…
Read MoreAnti-human Trafficking Day
Join Hands Against Human Trafficking Today, 18th October, is Anti-Human Trafficking Day in Europe. It happens today in every country of our world. Slavery is not a thing of the past. It is estimated that 800,000 women, men and children are trafficked across international borders every year. Human trafficking is a violation of human rights. Join…
Read MoreACRATH Newsletter October 2013
Latest ACRATH News ACRATH members continue to work with enthusiasm to raise awareness about human trafficking and modern day slavery in our world and to support those who have been trafficked and enslaved. The latest ACRATH News reports on a variety of activities including links with international initiatives, Music Against Child Labour, slavery free supply…
Read MoreEducation Resource Now On-line
Resource for Secondary School Teachers The ACRATH Education Resource is now on-line. This educational resource has been prepared to assist secondary school teachers in educating and raising consciousness about the issue of human trafficking. Developed as 4-step process for teaching about human trafficking: Introduction – Information – Recognition – Action, each step in the process…
Read MoreSlavery Here in Australia
Woman Held in Domestic Servitude The Saturday AM program on ABC Radio has reported that a Filipino woman who was held in domestic servitude is speaking in an effort to help others who are still trapped in similar conditions. The woman came to Australia because she was promised a job as a live-in housekeep for…
Read MoreBuilding Partnerships to Eradicate Modern Slavery
Recommendations to the US President In April 2013 UNANIMA International was represented in Washington DC at a meeting organized by the U.S. Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in collaboration with the Bakhita Initiative (U.S. Catholic Sisters United Against Human Slavery) for 12 leaders of groups of women religious who work against human trafficking. During…
Read MoreStudents Raising Awareness Through Art
Students Investigate Contemporary Slavery After learning about modern day slavery as part of their transition year program, students from Presentation College, Bray in Ireland have painted a mural as a means of further raising awareness about the issue. The photograph shows the group of students in front of their mural. Click here for more information…
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