“I spent 25 years in slavery. It was traumatizing, it was painful, physically and mentally. I felt sub-human, demeaned, socially [...]
Author: Miriam Karmali
Indigenous peoples and the anti-trafficking sector’s blind spot
This blog was last updated in August 2023. There are an estimated 370 million indigenous people around the world. Today, indigenous [...]
How accurate is the 2021 TIP report?
The 2021 influential U.S. Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report was published last week and we’re sharing our own perspective on this [...]
Migrant domestic workers demand an end to kafala system in Lebanon
“Employers literally control our freedom. Many of them are abusive with no one holding them accountable.” – Tsigereda Brihanu is a [...]
Winning a campaign before it even begins – the power of preemptive persuasion
We have just made an impact even before our supporters had a chance to get involved! More often than not, campaigning is the only way [...]
Acting against state imposed forced labor
Freedom United’s Executive Director, Joanna Ewart-James, spoke at the UN Global Compact Network U.K.’s Business & Human [...]
Joint civil society monitoring finds systemic forced labor in Turkmenistan cotton harvest
A new joint report by leading independent Turkmen human rights groups exposes systemic forced labor during the 2020 cotton harvest in [...]
Q&A from Freedom United’s online event ‘Taking the trafficking out of sex work’
On February 3, Freedom United hosted an online event with an expert panel of speakers exploring how to build resilience to sex [...]
Welcoming campaigner Payzee Mahmod to the Board of Directors
Freedom United is delighted to welcome Payzee to its Board of Directors, effective January 13, 2021. Payzee Mahmod is already familiar [...]
Survey results: What our supporters want from Freedom United in 2021
We can’t wait to share the results of our 2020 supporter survey! We now have a better idea of what inspires the Freedom United [...]
Freedom United responds to Scottish Government’s ‘Equally Safe: challenging men’s demand for prostitution’ consultation
Below are Freedom United’s responses to the consultation’s questions most relevant to our work regarding the Scottish [...]
Looking back on a year of partnership against modern slavery
This post by our Advocacy Officer, Carlo Ladd, was originally published by the United Nations Association of New York. The United [...]