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Australia Works to Combat Modern Slavery
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Australia Works to Combat Modern Slavery

ByEyes on Trafficking News

This week Australia held a conference on ending modern slavery. The conference was designed to identify mechanisms that can build both cross-border and cross-sector collaboration to negate the different forms of modern slavery, as well as deal with its effects. It was a reflection of how serious the Australian government views this issue that both…

Australian clean energy industry issues modern slavery warning
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Australian clean energy industry issues modern slavery warning

ByEyes on Trafficking News

In a report this week, Australia’s Clean Energy Council is calling for more local manufacturing of renewable energy products in response to growing evidence of modern slavery in the global clean energy industry. The Guardian reports, Released on Tuesday, the paper said slavery in all supply chains was a global problem. But Australia is on…

FIRST ANNUAL DATA TO DISRUPT TRAFFICKING AWARDS IN LONDON
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FIRST ANNUAL DATA TO DISRUPT TRAFFICKING AWARDS IN LONDON

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Last night, STOP THE TRAFFIK Global hosted the first-ever Data to Disrupt Trafficking Awards in London at Amazon HQ. We celebrated a group of inspirational organisations, projects and individuals that have all acted against trafficking through the use of data and technology and were truly honoured to be joined by so many partners and friends […]

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Spike in forced child marriage feared by Australian authorities
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Spike in forced child marriage feared by Australian authorities

ByEyes on Trafficking News

As overseas travel resumes, authorities in Australia are concerned that this will lead to a spike in forced child marriages taking place abroad ABC News reports. Forced into marriage abroad Residing in Sydney, Kubra (not her real name) was engaged at just 11 years old and forced by her parents into marriage at the age…

Australia’s prisons are also a source of forced labor
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Australia’s prisons are also a source of forced labor

ByEyes on Trafficking News

As part of the Abolish Slavery National Network Freedom United is campaigning against the poor conditions facing incarcerated people in U.S. prisons. Together we are saying, “No slavery, no exceptions.” Because of the exception clause – or the punishment clause –  of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, incarcerated people in the U.S. can…