"In
a new country there will be no slavery and hence no slaves." Captain Arthur Phillip said this in 1787 before leaving England to become
the first Governor of the new colony of Australia.
Phillip landed at Sydney Cove in 1788 after an eight month sea voyage.
A SITE AGAINST TRAFFICKING
Slavery exists today. It’s right
here among us and happening under our noses. That’s
right – Australia is a destination for trafficked
people who are used for a variety of purposes!
We want to give them a voice. This site seeks to tell
their stories so that society here can make a stand
against such human rights abuses.
We want to give YOU a voice too. This site seeks to
allow users to discuss and actively respond to the crisis
that is human trafficking and slavery in our country
and region.
What is trafficking? How big is the problem?
The only way to a solution is to be armed with the information.
Get definitions, downloads, statistics, links, maps and
more material to abolish modern day slavery here.
We have to stop trafficking today. The problem’s
big but not impossible to tackle. Each of us have roles
to play. Here we can both give you ideas of how and hear
what you have to say to make the best use of our gifts
to take on the mission of eradicating the trade of persons.
Link between poverty & Trafficking: Millennium Development Goals:
ACRATH letter to Mr Bob McMullan MHR (Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance)
Tell Mars, Cargill, and Hershey to
Stop Using "Blood Chocolate"
... In the past year, there's been 100-to-200 percent more requests from Americans seeking to do business in Ghana, the second-largest producer of cocoa after the Ivory Coast.
This means small farmers in Ghana, which along with the Ivory Coast produce about 60 percent of the world's chocolate, will be pushed to produce more cocoa. Unless they are protected under Fair Trade contracts, rampant exploitation and slavery of workers will most likely continue. (6 Jul 2010) Read more..
Africa
East Asia & Pacific
Europe
Near East
South & Central Asia
Western Hemisphere
Slavery Maps
The above maps with the associated prosecutions, convictions and victims identified over the recent years and the Tier Rankings can be viewed in more detail in the following extract(pdf 3.83MB) from the The 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, 10th Edition (pdf 21.7MB) published by the Department of State, United States of America. For the first time it also includes USA.
Help Put an End to Slavery.....
Cycle Against The Traffik is an initiative that uses the love of cycling to raise awareness of human trafficking and provide opportunities for people to join the fight against slavery. Tour 2010 (3-18th Sept) will take in 1038 km between Sydney and Melbourne. Find out more - visit www.cycleagainstthetraffik.com
REDLIGHT
Narrated by Lucy Liu, REDLIGHT is a powerful feature documentary about child sexploitation, an epidemic happening in every country around the world.
Link between poverty & Trafficking: Millennium Development Goals:
ACRATH letter to Mr Bob McMullan MHR (Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance)
2010 Anti-Slavery Seminars:
Friday 8 October 2010, 2pm - 5pm Remedies for trafficked and enslaved people
- presented by Fiona McLeod SC
→ Event details
International Serious and Organised Crime Conference 2010, Melbourne Convention Centre, October 18-19:
The Australian Institute of Criminology, in partnership with Victoria Police, the Australian Crime Commission, the Australian Federal Police and CrimTrac, is proud to announce a groundbreaking international conference focussed on the fight against serious and organised crime. See PDF for further information(3.05MB).
Abolitionist Sunday:
Sunday 21st November:
Invitation for churches to sign on to the "Don't Trade Lives" campaign against human trafficking and slavery. More info:
→ PDF(3.39MB)
→ www.donttradelives.com.au
Spotlight
CQ Family History Association Inc.:
Queensland has a history of slavery: Kanakas in Central Queensland. Other searches will reveal more of this history.
Talitha Kum:
The International Network of Consecrated Life Against Trafficking in Persons is a network within UISG which originates from a project implemented in collaboration with IOM and funded by the US Government, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.
Caritas Australia & the Australian Government’s aid agency, AusAID: Blueprint for a Better World highlights the Millennium Development Goals and the promise of Governments throughout the world to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015.
UN Women: Welcome to UN Women:
In an historic move, the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously on 2 July 2010 to create a new entity to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide.
The establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - to be known as UN Women - is a result of years of negotiations between UN Member States and advocacy by the global women’s movement. It is part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. (2 Jul 2010)
The Yale Globalist: Teasing Apart the Web of Sex Trafficking Education is a key step in changing the supply and demand equation of human trafficking. (28 Jun 2010)
A Good News Story!
BBC News: How fruit trees in Indian village
save girls' lives (15 Jun 2010)
In India, where traditionally boys have been preferred over girls, a village in backward Bihar state has been setting
an example by planting trees to
celebrate the birth of a girl child...
