Addressing exploitation and trafficking in persons

person throughout Aotearoa New Zealand

The Anglican Diocese of Wellington and the US Embassy invites you to attend
a People trafficking/labour exploitation conference
July 26/27th 2017
Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul Wellington New Zealand

Supported by Stop the traffik Australia and Stand Against Slavery NZ

Incidents of labour exploitation /people

people trafficking often occur hidden within local communities and
involve a whole range of players from industries to businesses to consumers and people from all walks of
life. This conference will offer the opportunity for these wide ranging voices to be clearly heard offering a
real opportunity to work together on ways to effectively disrupt the crime. by hearing how such criminal
activity is occurring we will learn from government and others what steps are already being taken and
then
hen together discussing what further can be done to bring to to an end such criminal activity within our
country.

Introducing our key note speaker

We are extremely fortunate in having, as our key note speaker for this event,
event Andrew
Wallis OBE, CEO of the UK Organisation Unseen, a multi-award winning charity, 'working towards a world
report It
without slavery'.. Chairman of the Working Group for the Centre for Social Justices landmark report:
Happens Here: Equipping the United Kingdom
King to fight modern slavery which gave a comprehensive road
map for government, statutory authorities and business to eradicate slavery in the UK and now
acknowledged as the catalyst for the UKs Modern Slavery Act. He advises and collaborates with statutory
statut
agencies and businesses on how to combat and eradicate modern slavery.

In 2013, he won the Influencer Award from the Directory for Social Change and was elected a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Arts and Fellow of the Centre for Social Justice in recognition
recognition of his work in
combating modern slavery and human trafficking. In 2015, he was awarded an OBE in the Queens
Birthday Honours List for services to the Eradication of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.
He has also worked with politicians to bring the Transparency in UK Company Supply Chains (Eradication
of Slavery) Bill before Parliament and was a member of the Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review that
worked on the Modern Slavery Bill. He works internationally with NGOs and businesses to develop a
coordinated response to modern slavery. A former member of the UK Governments Inter-Departmental
Ministerial Group (IDMG) on Modern Slavery and Chair of the Modern Slavery Joint Strategy Group at the
UK Home Office. He is a member of the EU Civil Society Platform on Trafficking in Human Beings.
Andrew works regularly with media outlets such as BBC News and Radio; Sky News; Al Jazeera; CNN;
The Guardian; The Sunday Times; and BBC World Service.

Prior to founding Unseen Andrew had a career in commercial management in the retail sector and
business analysis in the IT sector, project management with the University of the West of England and led
a church. He currently serves on the board of a number of charities.

In the coming weeks we will highlight the various speakers, including US Embassy staff, government
officials, NGOs and researchers, who will take part, and the significant issues they will be addressing,
such as,
Transparency in supply chains-ethical business practices,
The role of the consumer,
Moving beyond band aid fixes to addressing the causal factors which continue to perpetuate the crime
Consumer campaigns what could be done? How do they work? What good examples can be drawn
from?
Targeting unchained buyers what could be done? What mechanisms are in place? What are the good
examples?
Disruption how can we disrupt access of bad companies to workers?
Effective pressure on governments what might be achieved?

Registrations will soon be open and spaces will be limited, so early registration is strongly advised.
Should you require more information regarding this event please contact the coordinator.

Chris Frazer

Conference coordinator
Email chrismf@hotmail.co.nz

Cell phone 027 4425065