The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has given his backing to a charity set up to support women involved in the “sex industry”.
14 August 2017
A new Anglican-run community shelter to provide a home for trafficked children is on course to open next year in Accra, Ghana.
03 August 2017
The Anglican Church of Canada is taking another step forward in its fight against human trafficking and modern slavery with a new discernment group.
01 August 2017
Anglicans in New Zealand are being given the opportunity to investigate the ways in which trafficking and exploitation is infiltrating Kiwi life and to learn how those hidden scourges are best headed off.
17 July 2017
Seventeen-year-old Daya was courted by a young man who then persuaded her to elope. But Daya’s dreams of a happy future ended when she realised she had been tricked into bonded labour, forced to work long hours at a biscuit factory, and was then abused in the evenings.
13 July 2017
The Primate of Australia, Melbourne Archbishop Philip Freier, has joined other religious leaders in Australia in calling for a new law to tackle modern slavery.
07 December 2016
The next World Mission Conference of the WCC will take place in Arusha, Tanzania, in March 2018, it was announced last week.
01 July 2016
Representatives from Anglican and Salvation Army churches across Africa met in Cape Town last week to share insights and build a common vision on how to tackle human trafficking and modern day slavery.
01 June 2016
Some 20 million people are refugees and 21 million are victims of human trafficking. St James’ Episcopal Church in Elmhurst, Queens, has held a day-conference to raise awareness of the issue and to hear from migrant workers who, having survived the clutches of human traffickers, have gone on to become advocates for other victims.
11 May 2016
The Diocese in Europe has held a day training conference to teach Anglicans how to combat human trafficking following a diocesan-wide survey which identified a pool of potential volunteers willing to take action against human trafficking if they received appropriate training and local service opportunities.
05 February 2016