Tag: Slavery
Making slavery unacceptable
Pope Francis calls for Catholic communities worldwide to join him in commemorating St Bakhita’s Day, the Catholic Anti-Slavery Day on 8 February. Catholics around...
Slavery on the increase
Forced labour in the private economy has grown by 2.7 million more people worldwide in the last five years, according to new findings from...
Peter Rosengren: When politics becomes indifferent to people
Something is rotten at the heart of our national political life
Australian national life is dominated by a problem which is serious and can generally...
Getting the price for women and girls right: Victoria’s prostitution law
“How could anyone think this is protecting human rights?” These are the words of ‘Nina’, a Victorian woman who was prostituted and trafficked in...
Jenny Stanger: Let victims’ voices end modern slavery
Slavery still exists, here in Australia, and it must end
United Nations World Day Against Trafficking Persons on 30 July is a global day to...
To ignore trafficking is to be complicit in the crime, pope...
Today - 8 February - is St Bakhita's Day, the day designated by Pope Francis as a day of prayer and action against the...
Church leads modern slavery fight
Companies and large faith-based organisations need to understand their compliance obligations under the Modern Slavery Act says John McCarthy QC.
