Australian shoppers have a lot of freedom to make ethical choices at the shops. Yet, there is more label information about the living conditions of the hens laying our eggs than...
Global Modern Slavery Updates
Hotels and Slavery: Many Doors to Hide Behind
Hotels provide a service that centers around appeasing guests. Whether it’s employees like maids and room service, or amenities like restaurants and pools. This industry...
Mica. A Mineral that Children Mine.
We all use products every day that are made from mica. But most of us are unaware that this mica may have been acquired through the worst forms of child labor. From its...
Forced Labour in Tea Farming
Forced labor in tea farming: how far removed are we? Think about the foods and beverages in your kitchen right now. Would it be possible for you to list their origins down to the...
Domestic Violence Gender Paradigm
This month is Domestic Violence Month. So this is another blog in our series to highlight this problem with the lens of it being a form of modern slavery. While it can start as...
The Untold Realities of Abusive Pregnancy
In this blog, we address the issue of Abusive Pregnancy. Not all babies are born out of a loving relationship. And incredibly, pregnant women tend to experience greater severity...
Rape is not a Joke
Can you believe that “National Rape Day” is a new trend growing on media platforms? Because Domestic Violence Awareness month is in May, we thought it is important to take a look...
Is your Coffee Brewing Slavery?
Is Your Coffee Brewing Slavery? How do you know and what can you do to be sure you aren't? Every morning, the process of getting a cup of coffee is pretty simple. Because you...
Slavery in Fishing on our Australian Plates.
Seafaring Slavery aboard Chinese fishing vessels in the Indo-Pacific “Video footage went viral in May showing bodies of dead Indonesian fishermen thrown overboard from Chinese...
3 things to Know About the Uyghur Crisis
On the first of March this year the Australia Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) released a report called "Uyghurs for Sale". But it seems to have been lost in the Covid flurry of...
Day 12 – Women caught in Fashion Faux Pas
Women Unpaid, exploited and dismissed: Garment workers continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic The immense global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are yet to be fully...
Do you Know Cottons Cruel Cost?
The Cruel Cost of Cotton We look at our wardrobes, and we see the end result of unseen labour. But we now know that there is modern slavery in every aspect of the products we...