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Children at risk in post-tsunami chaos

Friday, October 5, 2018

Children caught up in the devastation from the earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia, are at risk of serious trauma and vulnerable to exploitation, World Vision Australia chief advocate Tim Costello warned from the disaster zone.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Water & sanitation, Human trafficking, Child labour, Asia and the Pacific, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Indonesia, Tsunami

Human trafficking: when awareness is not enough

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

The hope of making enough money to send back to their families can outweigh known risks of exploitation when children consider migrating to richer countries for work, a groundbreaking new study has found.

Media Releases, Human trafficking, Child labour, Asia and the Pacific, Cambodia, Human trafficking, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Australians can give the gift of letting kids be kids this Christmas

Monday, December 1, 2014

This Christmas, World Vision is encouraging Australians to help protect vulnerable children from poverty and exploitation so they can enjoy the freedom all children should enjoy – of just being kids.

Media Releases, Child labour, Human trafficking, Forced and early marriage, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Child Labour, Child Slavery, Forced Marriage, Humanitarian, India, Indonesia, Philanthropy, South Sudan, Syria

G20 takes up child labour exploitation challenge

Friday, September 12, 2014

The world’s 168 million child labourers are firmly on the G20’s radar after a pivotal meeting of the world’s labour and employment ministers in Melbourne.

Media Releases, Child labour, Human trafficking, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Australian Government, Child Deaths, Child Labour, G20, Humanitarian, Report, Tim Costello

Busting myths about child labourers: 168m too many to ignore

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Widespread ignorance about the scale and dimensions of child labour exploitation is holding back efforts to combat the practice, international aid and development organisation World Vision said today.

Media Releases, Human trafficking, Child labour, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Carribean, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Child Deaths, G20, Human trafficking

Child soldiers seek escape from violence, sex abuse

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Thousands of children recruited as soldiers and forced into sexual slavery by armed groups in the Central African Republic can’t escape because there is simply nowhere for them to go, World Vision officials said today.

Media Releases, Human trafficking, Child labour, Africa, Central African Republic, Child Rape, Child Soldiers, Child Violence, Foreign Aid

Trafficking advocacy in the spotlight with Freedom Award

Thursday, October 17, 2013

World Vision’s renowned anti-trafficking and slavery expert Melissa Stewart has been honoured with a Freedom Award from Anti-Slavery Australia.

Media Releases, Human trafficking, Child Labour, Freedom Award, Human trafficking, Julia Gillard, Slavery

Time to empower Pacific women is now

Thursday, March 7, 2013

On the eve of International Women’s Day, World Vision Australia has called on the Australian Government to detail how it plans to spend $320 million earmarked for empowering women across the Pacific region.

Media Releases, Forced and early marriage, Human trafficking, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Forced Marriage, International Women's Day, Julia Gillard, Pacific, Women's Rights

Australia's trafficking commitment an opportunity to lead

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

World Vision congratulates the Australian Government’s renewed commitment to tackling human trafficking in the Asia-Pacific region, but the international aid organisation says even more can be done.

Media Releases, Human trafficking, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Human trafficking, Julia Gillard

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