Episode 20: World Anti-Trafficking Day 2021 by The Gender Card published on 2021-07-29T06:09:46Z The Gender Card discussed human trafficking for World Anti-trafficking Day. While many people think slavery and human trafficking are vestiges of a long distant past, found only in movies and books, the reality is, every year thousands of men, women and children are exploited by traffickers. In 2018, more than 50,000 people were bought and sold in 148 countries around the world. Many of those are from south-east Asia, but it is by far not the only region where humans are trafficked for money. And in Australia, despite recent federal legislation aimed at curbing the practice, it’s a problem that’s not going away. The United Nations has declared July 30 as World Anti-Trafficking Day, to shed light on this practice, and increase worldwide efforts to shut it down. Women are the main targets, making up almost half of all victims of human trafficking, while almost a fifth of victims, are young girls. Most of them are trafficked for sexual exploitation or forced labour. Today on The Gender Card, we speak to three experts in this field - Chantel Brown from the Australian Red Cross Support for Trafficked People Program, the Queensland lead of the Freedom Hub Keight Davis, and Deputy Head Of the Griffith Law School Kat van Doore - all of whom have worked with trafficking survivors to try and end the cycle of abuse with trauma informed recovery care. And they give tips for us, on how to spot trafficking, and what to do about it if you do. Genre Learning