by Sally Irwin | Nov 24, 2022 | 16Days of Freedom, Blog, Ending Modern Slavery
“Even before the pandemic, violence against women was one of the most widespread violations of human rights. Since lockdown restrictions, domestic violence has multiplied, spreading across the world in a shadow pandemic.” – Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive...
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 30, 2020 | 16Days of Freedom, Blog, Ending Modern 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 slavery was the legal ownership of a person. So slavery, was condition in which...
by Sally Irwin | Nov 27, 2020 | 16Days of Freedom, Blog, Ending Modern Slavery
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 to find out, in the article we ask some of the survivors in our Freedom Hub Survivor...
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 | Nov 24, 2020 | 16Days of Freedom, Blog, Ending Modern Slavery
Calling all women… did you know …..? Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today. 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence. Women and girls...
