Category: Australia

Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

March 9, 2017

At only 17-yr old, Malala Yousafzai was the youngest recipient, at the time in 2014, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her courageous advocacy of girls education in her home region of Swat District, Pakistan. Blogged for BBC as early as 11-yr old and almost died from being assassinated by a Taliban soldier when … More Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

Human Rights International Film Festival

March 9, 2014

HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY IS A CO-ORGANIZER! March 28th to 30th @ SIFF SIFF and Human Rights Society has teamed up to present the inaugural Human Rights International Film Festival in Seattle. This travelling film festival is part of Human Rights Watch and will be hosted by SIFF. The weekend-long film festival features stories about human rights issues in Afghanistan, … More Human Rights International Film Festival

Brothel Madam Guilty of Keeping Students in Sexual Servitude

April 8, 2013

By Paul Bibby and Stephanie Gardiner on April 2, 2013—”A Sydney brothel madam has been found guilty of keeping young Malaysian students in sexual servitude at a brothel on Sydney’s north shore. Chee Mei Wong, 39, forced the six young women to work up to 20 hours a day in the Diamonds brothel in Willoughby … More Brothel Madam Guilty of Keeping Students in Sexual Servitude

Salvation Army rescues trafficked women

February 2, 2012

The Salvation Army has helped rescue three young women trafficked from Thailand and forced to work in a Sydney brothel. A Sydney brothel owner has been charged with human trafficking offences following raids by the Australian Federal Police (AFP)…they were tipped off by the Salvation Army, that had learned of the women’s situation and contacted … More Salvation Army rescues trafficked women