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...
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The Fight Against Racial Discrimination
Some thoughts on racism as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. These thoughts below have been penned by one of our American interns,...
Child Marriage Increases due to Covid-19
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...
Now that I am Free
It is gut-wrenching to hear survivor narratives on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. But it is awe-inspiring to hear survivor stories on FREEDOM… What does it Mean to be...
Day 16 – Human Rights Day – 5 Ways to Take Action
Today is the United Nations Human Rights Day. At the Freedom Hub we believe this should be everyday but sadly the world is has many who exploit others for their own gain. The UN...
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...
Day 10 – Free from Sex Trafficking in Australia
Sex Trafficking is not as common as forced labour and forced marriage in Australia, but it still happens. Here is a story from one of our survivors. - I am from Asia where I...
Day 8 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Today is International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, December 2 It is an interesting concept the "Abolition" of Slavery, given we still have slavery today. In days gone by...
Day 6- What does Freedom mean to a Slavery Survivor?
Defining Freedom can be difficult for anyone, but what does it mean for someone who has experienced no freedom? Someone who has been kept captive with no freedom of choice? So...
Day 5- Freedom from Sexual Servitude
An Australian story of a women caught in Sexual Servitude* Note: Sexual servitude can often start as domestic violence or rape within marriage. It becomes modern slavery when the...
Day 4 – Australian Slavery Survivors Find Freedom
The Freedom Hub Survivor School helps slavery survivors find freedom. That is freedom from their past, freedom from their own feeling of shame, and freedom to chose a new life....
Day 3 – Freedom From Forced Labour in Australia
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...