Indonesia – Raising Awareness on the Dangers of Human Trafficking
In Asia and the Pacific, an estimated 24.9 million men, women and
children were living in modern slavery on any given day in 2016 according to
the Global Slavery Index 2018. The region had the highest number of victims
across all forms of modern slavery, accounting for 73 per cent of victims of
forced sexual exploitation, 68 per cent forced to work by state authorities, 64
per cent in forced labour exploitation and 42 per cent of all those in forced
marriages. With a view to provide guidance for better understanding, to
prevent, to eradicate trafficking and to protect the vulnerable, the Catholic
Church in Indonesia translated the Vatican document “Pastoral Orientations on
Human Trafficking” into Bahasa. Read more…
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