Posts Tagged ‘trafficking in persons’
Stop Trafficking Newsletter
The August 2021 edition of the Stop Trafficking Newsletter highlights topics included in the US State Departments Trafficking in Person (TIP) Report. the report gives a strong message that global crises such as Covid-19 have a disproportionate effect on those already oppressed by other injustices such as human trafficking. Articles in this issue include: Human…
Read MoreSupporting women and Girls
In 2021 the theme for the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (31st July) was Victim Voices Lead the Way. To mark this day the Hon. Karen Andrews MP, Minister for Home Affairs, and The Hon Jason Wood MP, Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs, released a media statement. The statement indicates…
Read More2021 TIP Report
In releasing the 2021 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, siad: “This year’s Trafficking in Persons Report sends a strong message to the world that global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and enduring discriminatory policies and practices, have a disproportionate effect on individuals already oppressed by other…
Read MoreMarch Awareness Raising
International Women’s Day is celebrate each year on 8th March. The 2021 theme is Choose to Challenge. A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change. So let’s all choose to challenge by celebrating women’s achievement, raising awareness against bias and taking action for equality. The March page of the ACRATH 2021 Calendar…
Read MoreUNODC Global Report
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020 is now available. The report presents a global picture of the patterns and flows of trafficking as well as detailed regional analyses and country profiles. Covering 148 countries the report is based primarily on trafficking cases detected between 2016…
Read MoreOnline Prayer Marathon
Pope Francis has declared the feast of St Josephine Bakhita on February 8 the International Day of Prayer, Reflection and Action against Human Trafficking. Join ACRATH and mark this day by sharing information, joining the world community in prayer and committing to do something in your own life to end slavery. Josephine Bakhita was born in Southern Sudan…
Read MoreStop Trafficking!
The first issue of Stop Trafficking! for 2021 is now available. This issue considers the nexus between modern slavery, environmental destruction and climate change. Article in the issue include: Climate change is one of the causes of poverty and forced migration, which make people vulnerable to human trafficking The 2020 Trafficking in Persons Annual Report…
Read MoreTrafficking in Women and Girls
During the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, submitted a report entitled Trafficking in Women and Girls. The report noted that it is now 25 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action where Governments called for the removal of systematic and structural barriers that prevent…
Read MoreHuman Trafficking and Marriage
The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released a research paper entitled Interlinkages between Trafficking in Persons and Marriage. The report indicates that most cases of trafficking for the purpose of marriage involve young, female victims, many of whom come from disadvantaged family backgrounds. The research found that “marriages” can be arranged by…
Read MoreHuman Dignity, Freedom and Care
Talitha Kum, the International Network Against Trafficking in Persons, invites you to participate in an online “Conversation among women of faith on human dignity, freedom and care”. The event will be conducted in English with translation available in French and Spanish. This is the link to participate in the event on AUGUST 31 at 2pm…
Read MorePrayer Against Trafficking in Persons
ACRATH members and friends participated in an online reflection today to mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Participants reflected on the horror of human trafficking and spent time discerning actions they could take to work against human trafficking and slavery in our world today. If you were unable to join in this time…
Read More20th Anniversary TIP Report
The 20th anniversary edition of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report had been released by the US State Department. In releasing the report John Cotton Richmond, Ambassador-at-large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons said: “The call of the 20th anniversary is clear. We must commit ourselves to our goal of freedom. What traffickers…
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