Western European shoppers want to buy clothes that are made responsibly according to a new survey, but it is still unclear how much [...]
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MPs: Call off Search for New Anti-Slavery Chief
As Britain struggles to find a new anti-slavery commissioner, lawmakers this week said that the government should call off its search [...]
Spice Girls in Hot Water Over Charity T-Shirts
T-shirts championing gender justice have landed the Spice Girls in hot water as it has emerged that the factory producing the shirts [...]
Bangladesh Targets Unscrupulous Middlemen
Bangladesh is planning to crack down an exploitative recruitment agencies by compiling a list of certified agents. Migrant workers [...]
US Charges Ex-Chinese Construction Exec for Forced Labor
The former president of the US arm of China Rilin Construction Group, Dan Zhong, is on trial for exploiting Chinese laborers on New [...]
Volunteers or Slaves? Brazil’s Use of Cheap Prison Labor
Rio de Janeiro is using prisoners as “volunteer workers” in order to maintain jails, with inmates cooking, cleaning, and [...]
Philippines Urged to Rethink Kuwait Ban Over Maid’s Death
Migrant rights NGOs and activists are urging the Philippines to not impose a labor migration ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait. [...]
As Number of Trafficked Men Soars, Where are their Support Systems?
There are now more men than women who have been referred to the UK government’s support system for victims of modern slavery. But [...]
Modern slavery uncovered in Brazilian coffee industry
Slave labor is pervasive in the world’s largest coffee industry, a six-month Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation has revealed. [...]
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s bid to stamp out child labor in cobalt sector
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced that its government will now take charge of the country’s cobalt sector and [...]
U.N. calls for healthcare for all migrants, trafficking victims during coronavirus
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, concerns around the access to healthcare for all migrants led U.N. experts to call on countries to [...]
Malawi campaigner: dissolve child marriages performed during lockdown
Village chiefs in Malawi have been ordered by a senior traditional leader to dissolve all the child marriages that occurred while the [...]
Landmark ruling by European rights court orders U.K. to compensate trafficking victims
On February 16, 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the United Kingdom had violated the rights of two Vietnamese [...]
E.U. citizens who miss U.K. residency deadline at increased risk of slavery
Lawyers and activists have warned that this week’s U.K. residency application deadline has left E.U. citizens vulnerable to modern [...]
Does Human Trafficking Need a Clearer Definition?
Slaves may be from different parts of the world, trapped in any variety of industries...but they have one thing in common--they have [...]
Nordic Asylum Centers and Child Brides
In some Nordic asylum centers, migrant under-age wives are allowed to continue staying with their older husbands, and it is causing [...]
Lonely Refugees in Britain Matched with Friends
When a Sudanese refugee named Abu Haron arrived in England in 2010, the teenager found himself at a police station surrounded by people [...]
Next Big Opportunity to Stop Global Slavery in Australia
The Global Slavery Index suggests that today 4.8 million in the world are enslaved and that two thirds are in Asia-Pacific. These [...]
UN and Walk Free Defend Global Slavery Estimates
The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the Walk Free Foundation are [...]
Can Satellites and Science Help Fight Slavery?
Satellites and scientific breakthrough have potential to help in the fight against modern slavery according to Kevin Bales, founder of [...]
Fiji Urged to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
Sera was only nine years old when she was raped. But when she went to her family for help she was rejected; they told her it was her [...]
Nevsun Appeals Eritrean Forced Labor Lawsuit
Canadian mining giant Nevsun has appealed a lower court ruling that allowed a lawsuit filed by Eritrean workers to proceed in British [...]
How the Commonwealth Can Eliminate Modern Slavery Of Women And Girls
In 2016, 71 percent of the 40.3 million people in modern slavery were female according to the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery. The [...]
The U.S. Has Seized Backpage. What Does this Mean for Britain?
Last week the U.S. government shut down Backpage.com — a classified advertising site for sex ads — which some analysts believe [...]