• Take an interest.  Human trafficking is an issue requiring global awareness and attention.  The more people that become aware of it, the more we can make a difference to the lives of so many.
• Click here for an introductory brochure 'Human Trafficking = Modern Day Slavery.'

• Raise your own awareness on trafficking in persons:
  • Borrow a trafficking-related media resource from the Good Shepherd Social Justice Network's in-house collection. For borrowing instructions and a list of current titles, please click here.
  • Watch Anti-Trafficking clips produced by the UN.
  • Host a workshop or information session on trafficking Copies of the resource, Trafficking in Women and Children. Information and Workshop Kit, which includes written notes and powerpoint presentation on CD rom, are available from the Good Shepherd Social Justice Network office by contacting Stancea Vichie(Ph: 03 9421 6873 or email: stanceav@goodshep.com.au To peruse an overview of the kit's contents please click here.  To view the Powerpoint click here. 

  • Spread the word! Inform your family and friends of the existence of this site, and encourage them to peruse its content. Please click here to download a flyer regarding the Trafficking in Persons Clearinghouse, which is available for you to email around your networks.

 

• Get involved with the work of the Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH).  

Five anti-trafficking related activities were put forward for collaborative actions at a public meeting hosted by the Good Shepherd Social Justice Network in March 2006.

These were:

1. Engaging in a broad-based community education campaign
2. Lobbying for an improved visa framework for victims of trafficking
3. Establishing safe houses
4. Building NGO and support agency networks in the Asia Pacific region
5. Supporting Millenium Development Goal (MDG) initiatives to reduce poverty and hence reduce vulnerability to trafficking in source countries e.g. working on Fair Trade issues

These actions are currently being advanced by a group of interested persons. If you would like to get involved, or for more information, please contact Stancea Vichie at: Ph: 03 9421 6873 or email: stanceav@goodshep.com.au

• Write a letter to the Immigration Minister, Christopher Evans MP, asking the Australian government to make changes to current legislation regarding visas for trafficked women. These changes would allow for a more compassionate and just approach to these women who have already suffered so much. To see a copy of a sample letter, which you may amend, please click here

If you are interested in writing to a different Senator, please click here for a full list of names and contact details of those currently in office.

• Email us to let us know your opinions on trafficking in persons, and the Australian government's response.  We want to know if you have any ideas or knowledge of small community based groups working in this field in Australia.  We want to know how you feel about trafficking in persons globally.  Please Share your thoughts. Email us at: Good Shepherd Clearing House

• Join the National Network Against Trafficking in Women for Prostitution. For more information, Click here

To join the network, please download and complete a membership application.

Project Respect is also calling for organisations that are able to contribute to its Resource Database. For more information, please download the following form.

• Submit your writing to us. So we can keep our website as up-to-date as possible, we encourage any independent papers or writings to be submitted for our consideration.
• Read about the link between Fair Trade and preventing trafficking.  Then, join the campaign to prevent children being used to pick cocoa beans for the chocolate we eat.  Check out Stop The Traffik
• Support Fair Trade outlets in your area.  Visit Fair Trade Australia and New Zealand.
• Shop till you drop at The Trading Circle.
• Contribute to or fundraise for:
  • Safe Houses for Trafficked Women in Sydney and Melbourne,
  • a Safe House for trafficked young women in Andra Pradesh, India,
  • the health clinic in Batam, Indonesia, where trafficked young women can receive health support.
  Donations made through The Good Shepherd Social Justice Network are tax deductible