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Thursday February 20, 2025

Survey results: What our supporters want from Freedom United in 2025

Krysta Bisnauth

  We are excited to share the results of our most recent community survey! Thanks to your feedback, we have a clearer understanding of how YOU want to see the Freedom United platform drive change in the fight against modern slavery—and what inspires our community the most. So, what modern slavery issues should Freedom United focus on in 2025? What ideas did you share for future events and campaigns? And what resources are most effective at helping you take action? Dive into the survey results to find out! Which of our campaigns most inspired you in 2024? The majority of you felt

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Freedom United 2020 supporter survey results Anti-slavery activists
Friday January 15, 2021

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 community and how YOU want to see the Freedom United platform used to effect meaningful change. So, what modern slavery issues matter most to you? How will your input inform our campaign priorities for the coming year, and how will we keep offering new ways to get involved in the movement? Explore the survey results to find out!   Would you like to see more content from us in languages other than English? If so, please let us know which language. The most

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Activists
Friday January 8, 2021

Urge California to protect all temporary migrant workers

Campaign Summary: Thousands of temporary workers are being trafficked into forced labor in California under threat of violence, deportation, and harm to their families. The vast majority of temporary workers are recruited via third-party foreign labor contractors, some of whom act neither lawfully nor ethically. That is why we are working with the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking and calling on the California State Legislature to support legislation that would help protect temporary workers from modern slavery. My name is Kanti and I am a survivor of human trafficking and

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palm oil Forced Labor
Wednesday December 16, 2020

Enforcement of U.S. prohibition of forced labor palm oil imports examined

On December 15, 2020, 25 members of the oldest committee of the U.S. Congress – the House Ways and Means Committee – sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seek more information on the administration's enforcement of the prohibition of forced labor palm oil imports. The Ways and Means Committee has jurisdiction over taxation and tariffs, including Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1307), which prohibits the importation of merchandise mined, produced or manufactured, wholly or in part, in any foreign country by forced or indentured labor – including

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Joanna speaking Anti-slavery activists
Friday November 20, 2020

INTERVIEW: Why does Freedom United use the term ‘modern slavery’?

This interview with Freedom United's Executive Director, Joanna Ewart James, was originally published in openDemocracy. Joanna Ewart-James is the executive director at Freedom United, an international organisation working to end modern slavery. Beyond Trafficking and Slavery spoke with her on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the UN Trafficking Protocol to discuss whether or not it is better to be on the ‘inside’ of the anti-trafficking and anti-modern slavery project, or to defend a more radical viewpoint centred on labour rights from the fringe. Neil Howard (BTS):

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