The International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking
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Sr. Carmen Sammut, UISG President, during the Press conference to launch the III International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking: “Indeed women religious all over the world are involved in combatting human trafficking and in a special way the trafficking in women and children : identifying and helping victims, promoting their capacity to find justice, protecting vulnerable groups, education and awareness raising, lobbying, advocating. They campaign through and with other networks for slavery-free supply chains. We also try to be aware of how we might be complicit in promoting human trafficking and slavery through our consumer habits, for, as Pope Francis reminded us “ purchasing is not only an economic but also a moral action.” Our strength is in our being global and in our working with others from different backgrounds and faiths, from local and international non-government organisations. Read more