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‘Sexual precarity’: how insecure work puts migrants at risk of being sexually harassed, assaulted or trafficked

  • Written by Anna Boucher, Associate Professor in Public Policy and Political Science, University of Sydney
‘Sexual precarity’: how insecure work puts migrants at risk of being sexually harassed, assaulted or traffickedwiratho/Shutterstock

Some of the ways migrants are exploited in the workforce get a lot of public attention. We hear tragic stories about wage theft, forced unpaid overtime, unsafe work conditions or discrimination. And we are likely to hear more such grim stories revealed at a NSW parliamentary inquiry that will examine modern slavery in Australia....

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