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The restrictions put in place to help stop the spread of COVID-19 have, unintentionally, created serious barriers to reaching people in situations of trafficking or violence and bringing them to safety
By David Westlake, CEO of International Justice Mission UK.
As the world grapples with the worst health crisis in living memory, a parallel - often hidden - pandemic has emerged in its wake: a pandemic of violence.
COVID-19 lockdowns and the associated school closures, poverty and joblessness have increased risks of violence around the world, especially for women and girls. At this critical moment when global governments and civil society actors make plans to respond and rebuild, it is essential that we prioritise safety and protection for people vulnerable to violence.
On this day in Black History…
In 1865, Henry Highland Garnet (December 23, 1815 – February 13, 1882) an African American abolitionist and orator becomes the first black minister to preach to the United States House of Representatives.
In 1900, For a Lincoln birthday celebration, James Weldon Johnson writes the lyrics for “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. With music by his brother, J. Rosamond, the song is first sung by 500 children in Jacksonville, Fla. It will become known as the “Negro National Anthem”.
In 1903, American baritone opera singer Todd Duncan, the first performer of the role of Porgy in Porgy and Bess, is born in Danville, Kentucky. Duncan would be the first African American to sing with a major opera company and the first black person to sing in an opera all white cast, when he performed the role of Tonio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci with the New York City Opera.
SIX women from York have been wearing dresses every day in December in a bid to raise awareness of people living in modern slavery. The group, from city church St Michael le Belfrey, committed to wearing dresses every day this month to raise money for anti-human trafficking charities, including International Justice Mission (IJM). They said they undertook the challenge after finding out that many products bought in the UK, including clothes, can have forced labour slavery in their supply chains. As a result, Rebecca Smith, Isabelle Flynn, Martine Somerville, Abigail Isherwood, Rachel Walters and Rachel Sterling decided to take on ‘Dressember’ - a fundraising initiative that challenges people to only wear dresses throughout December.
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