by Sally Irwin | Mar 22, 2021 | About Modern Slavery, Blog, Child Labour, Forced Marriage
COVID-19 and Child Marriage; A Dangerous Unforeseen Consequence 10 million additional girls at risk of child marriage due to COVID-19 “NEW YORK, 8 March 2021 – Ten million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of...
by Sally Irwin | Dec 3, 2020 | 16Days of Freedom, Blog, Forced Labour, Slavery in Fashion
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 assessed. But there’s no doubt of the devastation this unprecedented event has caused. For...
by Sally Irwin | Nov 24, 2020 | 16Days of Freedom, Blog, Ending Modern Slavery
This is a Survivors Story of Freedom from modern slavery in the area of forced labour * right here in Australia. I grew up in an area of Turkey and lost my parents in a war. My grandparents raised my siblings and me, but now they are old and can’t work. So when an...
by Sally Irwin | Oct 9, 2020 | Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Ethical Business, Waterloo Cafe
There is so much to update you on with regards to the ‘income’ side of our charity. As you can imagine, COVID hit us hard as we have always set ourselves up with 60% of our revenue coming from our own business enterprises. Our ethical businesses include:...
by Sally Irwin | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog, Donor Newsletters, Ending Modern Slavery, Survivor News
Note: the missing links in our August e-newsletter are here: Cafe/Events & Ethical Shopping August 2020 Survivor School Recap August Classes This term our school is running 10 classes and finally a number of them are face to face. Clients who need to stay...
by Sally Irwin | Jul 19, 2020 | About Modern Slavery, Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Ethical Business, Forced Labour
Are There Slaves in Your PPE ? Where you buy your masks and PPE matters. Are you supporting modern day slaves in your PPE ? The pandemic has pushed up the demand across the world. Factories are buzzing trying to fill orders. But are the workers being paid? Do they...