Posts Tagged ‘slavery’
Call to Action February 2023
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.
Read MoreJoin Global Pilgrimage
“We’ll do anything we can to get things as cheaply as we can. For that to happen someone has to be exploited.” (Colleen Jackson rsc, Talitha Kum – Oceania representative) Join ACRATH and thousands around the world on February 8 for an online pilgrimage celebrating the 2023 International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human…
Read MoreChristmas Wishes From ACRATH
022 has proved to be another challenging year with the recent news of 10 million more people living in global slavery, bringing the worldwide figure to 50 million. But we continue to stay true, now more than ever, to our vision to eliminate human trafficking and the harm it causes, and we are proud of…
Read MoreTrafficked to Australia
It has been revealed that a global human trafficking ring has been operating in Australia. Recent medic reports indicate the syndicate has exploited a weakness in Australia’s immigration system. As a result women have been trafficked to Australia and experienced slave-like conditions. Corrupt migration agents running visa farms provide the women with documentation. Once in…
Read MoreAFP Figures Reveal New High
Australian Federal Police’s (AFP) latest figures show reports of human trafficking and modern slavery have increased to the highest ever-reported. In the 2021-22 financial year, the AFP received 294 reports of human trafficking and modern slavery , an increase from 224 in the previous financial year. Of the 294 reports of human trafficking or modern slavery made…
Read MoreNSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner
The NSW Government has appointed international lawyer and professor of global politics Dr James Cockayne as the first NSW Anti-Savery Commissioner. In making the announcement NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman said: “Dr Cockayne has spent years developing policies which can help communities to identify and respond to modern slavery,” Dr Cockayne will take up the…
Read MoreAction in July
The July page of the 2022 ACRATH Calendar alerts us to the fact that products we use are tainted by slavery. If you use cosmetics or drive cars that have a sparkle in the paint job, the chances are that the sparkle came from the mineral, mica. Mining mica is dangerous for adults and can…
Read MoreNational Compensation Scheme
ACRATH’s June conversation looked at the need for a National Compensation Scheme for Victim/Survivors of Modern Slavery with Professor Jennifer Burn, director of Anti-Slavery Australia. Modern slavery is a violation of human rights. In Australia it is a federal crime. During the conversation Jennifer commented that Australia needs a National Compensation Scheme “that is uniform,…
Read MoreDonate to ACRATH Today
ACRATH needs to raise $200,000 in the coming weeks until 30 July – World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – to sustain its many programs and to continue supporting victim/survivors of human trafficking into the future. This year ACRATH needs funds to advocate, educate, contribute to change and support the victims/survivors, and to continue building on…
Read MoreGlobal Expert Leads June Conversation
Professor Jennifer Burn, Director of Anti-Slavery Australia, will be the guest on the ACRATH Conversation on Wednesday June 29 at 11.30am. Professor Burn, a long-time collaborator with ACRATH, is recognised globally as an expert on human trafficking and she has played a pivotal role in Australia’s response to human trafficking, particularly the Modern Slavery Act in…
Read MoreAdvocacy with New Government
ACRATH staff and volunteers are preparing for the virtual advocacy campaign with Federal Politicians and their staff to raise four key issues around human trafficking with new ministers and key advisers. ACRATH’s campaign leader Cindy Bohan said after an election there are many business matters new personnel have to address, rearrange and continue on with, and…
Read MorePassion for Justice
Gemma Thomson immersed herself in the complexities and injustices of human trafficking and modern slavery in Australia and globally after the Presentation Sisters of WA asker her to be one of their Justice Contacts in 2018. “As the Justice Contact for the Presentation Sisters of Western Australia, I am conscious of the great gift I…
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