International Initiatives | Australia

Not For Sale in Australia is contributing to the abolitionist movement by equipping and engaging individuals to become “smart activist” by deploying NFS specific initiatives throughout Australia.

Contact Australia (at) notforsalecampaign dot org to get involved locally.

Free2Work

Not For Sale Australia will work to mobilize conscious consumerism and promote corporate social responsibility. Not For Sale has developed the Free2Work platform, which works to grade companies and products on their supply chain transparency and present that grade to the consumer so they can make informed and socially just choices on what they buy. For more information on Free2Work or to download the iPhone or Android app, visit www.free2work.org

About | Slavery in Australia

Human trafficking and modern-day slavery exist within Australia. It is both a source and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked to work in agriculture, construction, as domestic servants or forced prostitution. Many Australian teenage girls are subjected to commercial sexual exploitation forced into prostitution by pimps.

Foreign victims from several South East Asia are recruited temporarily to work in Australia only to be subjected to forced labor, have their travel documents confiscated and face physical threats, debt bondage, and captivity. Similarly, women are trafficked into Australia for forced prostitution.

In the Australian context, many cases of human trafficking are often not identified and therefore not reported, so the true extent of the problem is not fully known. An increase in public awareness, an acknowledgment of the problem by government agencies, campaigns by well known NGO’s, universities and advocacy groups is helping to more clearly identify the problem in Australia.