Poverty is one of the factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking and slavery. Discriminatory practices, a lack of money and limited access to employment opportunities, education and life-skills are all factors that contribute to pushing people into situations where they are at risk of exploitation.
By continuing to fund overseas aid programs that address poverty, Australia can help break the link between poverty and slavery.
Take Action:
Call on all political parties to continue supporting overseas aid and development! Ask all political parties to:- keep their promise to provide 50 cents in every $100 of gross national income by 2015 to help the world’s most vulnerable people, and
- commit to increasing this to 70 cents in every $100 by 2020
Visit or write to your local Federal MP Points for your letter to include:
- Human trafficking and slavery is a crime that is directly and indirectly fuelled by individuals, businesses and Governments worldwide.
- The Australian Government has contributed to some effective initiatives to address human trafficking domestically and in South East Asia; however, considerably more needs to be done in order to eradicate this crime.
- Prevention work is crucial to reducing a person’s vulnerability to human trafficking, such as ensuring they have a fair wage and are not forced into an exploitative situation due to their economic circumstances.
- All political parties must keep their commitment to providing 0.5 percent of Gross National Income (GNI) to Official Development Assistance (ODA) by 2015. They must also provide a timetable of how they will deliver 0.7 percent of GNI to ODA by 2020 to ensure Australia’s development programs continue to support the most vulnerable children, women and men.
- Tackling global poverty is a vital step towards ensuring the root causes of human trafficking are abolished.
Yours sincerely,
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