Posts Tagged ‘trafficking in humans’
ANZRATH at ACRATH Conference
ACRATH members were delighted to welcome Sr Margaret Vaney sm to the ACRATH conference in Sydney recently. In this interview Sr Margaret explains the work she is doing as a member of ANZRATH (Aotearoa-New Zealand Religious Against Trafficking in Humans) in New Zealand.
Read MoreACRATH Member at UNANIMA International
Beginning Internship at UNANIMA Having recently begun her experience as an intern at UNANIMA International ACRATH member, Susan Newland, was asked to introduce herself in the UNANIMA International Newsletter. She wrote: “‘In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.’ (This comment…
Read MoreVale Pauline Coll sgs, AOM
A Passion for Justice and the Promotion of Human Rights ACRATH members mourn the loss of Good Samaritan Sister, Pauline Coll, co-founder of ACRATH. Pauline, a true Good Samaritan woman, recognised the unmet needs of vulnerable people being trafficked into Australia, and determined to address these. Pauline had a passion for justice and the promotion…
Read MoreI HAVE A VOICE: Trafficked Women in Their Own Words
Ground-breaking Book on Trafficking Launched A ground-breaking book, focussing on the lives of 40 trafficked women in the Philippines and the sinister and structural oppression of young women on which the sex trade thrives has been launched. The book, by Sister of Mercy Angela Reed PhD, overturns the popular and sensationalised image of trafficking as…
Read MoreJournalist Wins Award with ACRATH Article
Congratulations to Virginia Knight, Catholic Outlook Published in the Catholic Outlook November 2013 issue, Virginia Knight’s article Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans took out the award for Best Social Justice Coverage at the Australasian Catholic Press Association Awards for Excellence 2014. The awards were presented by the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, at…
Read MoreTreatment of Young Women Inhumane
Saddened and Angered Concurrently As part of her theological studies Jane Branigan wrote a paper on human trafficking. She explains here how she came to do this: “I am married to Vincent Branigan, mother of Seamus (27) and Bridget (25). I receive love, joy and a sense of purpose from my family. Vince and I…
Read MoreCampaign to Halt Forced Labour
Labour Trafficking Awareness Campaign Extended Australia’s Catholic anti-trafficking organisation has expanded its major labour trafficking awareness campaign through ethnic media outlets in a bid to reach people forced to work in Australia for little or no wages. The RAP (Radio Awareness Project) will now also target print media throughout 2014. The RAP campaign, funded by…
Read MoreCongratulations to Merlyn Quaife
MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA ACRATH is delighted to congratulate Merlyn Quaife for being given the award of Member of the Order of Australian in the 2103 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. This award was bestowed on her in recognition of her significant service to music. Merlyn has been a regular performer at St Francis’…
Read MoreForced Marriage & Labour Trafficking in Australia
ACRATH National Conference 2013 In Randwick on 19 February Catholic Religious and colleagues heard case studies of young Australian women forced into marriage in their parents’ home countries. They heard that new Australian legislation will criminalise forced marriage and empower the young women threatened with forced marriage. Speaking on this topic was Associate Professor of…
Read MoreACRATH Canberra Advocacy Visit 2012
Speaking for the Humans Rights of Trafficked People In the words of Martin Luther King “our lives begin to end the day we become silent on things that matter.” These words were received by ACRATH in a letter of good wishes for the week of advocacy in Canberra from 19th – 23rd August 2012. There…
Read MoreSpeaking for the Human Rights of Trafficked People
ACRATH Members head to Canberra A group of women religious from around Australia will make their sixth annual pilgrimage to Canberra next week in a bid to influence policies affecting people trafficked into Australia. The fifteen women, Catholic sisters and their colleagues, are all members of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH). They…
Read MoreOut of sight, Out of Mind – Public Meeting
Human Trafficking in New Zealand’s Waters? A public meeting will be held in Auckland, New Zealand on Wednesday 25th July 2012. Leading researchers Dr Christina Stringer and Mr Glenn Simmons from the University of Auckland Business Scho0l will “apply the International Labour Organization and European Commission’s indicators of trafficking in human beings to labour conditions for Indonesian crew…
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