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Modern Slavery Reporting: Case Studies of Leading Practice
This briefing provides concrete examples of leading practice by companies in the six key areas that are crucial to fighting modern slavery: supply chain transparency, human rights due diligence, supplier engagement, worker engagement, responsible recruitment and access to remedy.
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Trafficking for labour exploitation on the rise across Europe
Trafficking for labour exploitation is on the rise across Europe, in several countries, it has overtaken sexual exploitation as the main form of human trafficking.
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New report shows record number of slavery victims referred in UK
The report highlights that over 5,000 potential victims were referred to the UK authorities in 2017, a 35% increase on 2016.
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Trafficking in Persons Meeting in Maputo
Fr Peter John reflects on the Southern Africans Catholic Bishops’ Conference, and the Mozambican Episcopal Conference joining the Second Regional Conference on Trafficking in Persons in Maputo.
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Bishop Lynch: UK Government’s cuts to support for survivors of modern slavery “deeply disappointing”
Bishop Patrick Lynch has expressed his deep disappointment at the UK Government’s decision to cut the weekly subsistence payments for survivors of modern slavery by more than 40%
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Interview: Sister Monica Rowland
At the Santa Marta Conference 2018 we spoke to Sister Monica Rowland of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Edo State, Nigeria about the work being done to combat human trafficking in Nigeria and the importance of working collaboratively.
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Pope: Tackle broader issues of human trafficking like “models of economic growth that privilege profit over persons”
Pope Francis has met with Santa Marta Group members at the conclusion of their conference.
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Regional focus on the dark face of globalisation
The conference focused on regional realities with tailored solutions to human trafficking in each continent.
Conferences
The Santa Marta Group holds a number of conferences to further the work of the group and its members. The focal point is an annual conference that is hosted by one of the group's g...
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Hidden Voices: How can parishes respond to modern slavery?
Last week we joined The Clewer Initiative to learn about their new resource Hidden Voices which aims to answer this question. The resource was created by Mosaic Creative to inspire and equip churches to respond to modern slavery… Read More
Thailand: Buddhist nuns and Talitha Kum sisters work together to combat human trafficking
In March 2018, Talitha Kum Thailand organised a training course for their members to empower them for there work in the next year on anti-human trafficking in Thailand.
The training was run by Buddhist nuns from the monastery Sathine Dhammasathan.
Sisters raise awareness of human trafficking to over 7000 people
During the last two months the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus have embarked on an awareness raising campaign about human trafficking in parishes, outstations and schools in the Archdiocese of Benin City and the Dioceses of Uromi and Auchi.