Human trafficking and labour exploitation are two of the most significant global human rights issues facing us today. All countries are affected, including New Zealand. This two-day conference, to be held at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, on 26th and 27th of July, 2017 will bring together senior government officials, business leaders, academics, civil society, Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Human Trafficking’
Slavery, forced-labour, human trafficking in Australia
Thursday, March 30th, 2017
Slavery, forced-labour and human trafficking are all alive and well in Australia, the Archbishop of Sydney says. Speaking at the parliamentary inquiry into human trafficking in New South Wales, Archbishop Anthony Fisher outlined his personal experience of these practises. He said when he was a parish priest a South American nanny asked him for help. Read more
Many human trafficking survivors owe lives to women religious
Friday, November 11th, 2016
Human trafficking survivors owe their restored lives and dignity to religious congregations in many cases, Pope Francis said at a meeting he had with women religious in Rome on Monday. The women were all members of RENATE (Religious in Europe Networking Against Trafficking and Exploitation). It was established by a group of women religious from Read more
Human trafficking – Catholic Mission’s fight
Friday, October 21st, 2016Human trafficking is something we can all help stop. Every person can make a difference in the fight against it. This message inspired more than 70 attendees at the second Is She Safe? gathering hosted earlier this month by the Catholic Mission Perth Office in Western Australia. The Catholic Mission said human trafficking is the Read more
Sr. Dianna Ortiz, advocate for victims of human trafficking
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
In 1989, while serving in Guatemala as a missionary in a Mayan community, Ursuline Sr. Dianna Ortiz was abducted and tortured by Guatemalan security forces. This trauma fuelled her passion for human rights work. Ortiz now serves as the editor of Education for Justice, a project of the Center of Concern. She also founded the Read more
The psychology of human trafficking victims
Friday, April 29th, 2016
Nearly 21 million people around the world are currently victims of human trafficking, a vile crime that forces innocents into sex work, domestic servitude and hard labor against their will. Now, a new study in the American Journal of Public Health reveals that even rich, developed countries such as the United Kingdom suffer from staggering rates of Read more
Sisters’ networks breaking the human trafficking cycle
Friday, October 23rd, 2015
Crystal was 13 years old when she met her pimp. Of course, she didn’t think of him as a pimp; he was her boyfriend, her savior, the man who doted on her and gave her the things her parents couldn’t or wouldn’t provide. “You know how you’re a little girl and you dream of Prince Read more
Holy See withdraws from anti-human-trafficking network
Friday, July 31st, 2015The Holy See has withdrawn from an alliance formed to combat human trafficking. The Global Freedom Network signed an agreement in the Vatican in March last year, aiming to form an interreligious network supported by the Walk Free Foundation, which is financed by Australian magnate Andrew Forrest. The goal was to foster awareness among religious Read more
Pope says Laudato Si’ not an encyclical on environment
Friday, July 24th, 2015
Pope Francis has said that his recent encyclical Laudato Si’ is not an encyclical on the environment. Rather, it is a social encyclical, he told 70 mayors from big cities at a two day workshop at the Vatican this week addressing modern slavery and climate change. It is a social encyclical, the Pope said, because Read more
Fake nuns involved in human trafficking in Philippines
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Women posing as nuns have tried to abduct Filipino girls for human trafficking. According to news outlets, human traffickers are trying to take advantage of the desperation after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. One group of traffickers disguised themselves nuns from a foundation and tried to lure girls to Manila. One of the 14-year-old girls involved Read more