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The Talitha Kum anti-trafficking network was making the "Nuns Healing Hearts" photo exhibition available online on its website, talithakum.info, starting July 30, the day the United Nations has dedicated to raising awareness about the battle against human trafficking.

A Stella Maris port chaplain in Thailand has been recognised by the U.S Department of State for her tireless work supporting trafficked seafarers and fishers.

Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore in Pakistan is urging the international community to do more to address kidnapping, forced conversion and sexual victimisation of young people from Christian and other religious minorities in Pakistan.

In its latest e-bulletin, the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development says that despite anti-slavery legislation, migrant workers continue to be exploited. It also highlights the many projects that Catholic organisations carry out in different parts of the world to give them dignity.

In its 2021 Report, the international Talitha Kum network documents an increase in human trafficking victims, but evidences the religious sisters' network's always greater and more global effort to concretely fight, prevent and bring awareness to the scourge.