Survivor perspectives
Views and calls for change by survivors of modern slavery.
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Stories
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Monday April 8, 2024
From forced marriage to frontline activist: Payzee Mahmod’s story
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Tuesday May 16, 2023
David Yambio: “EU policy is killing us”
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Thursday August 19, 2021
I’m a survivor of sex trafficking and invisible no more
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Tuesday October 11, 2022
Driven out of a shelter because of my mental health issues
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Thursday June 16, 2022
Europe knows what happens to us in Libya
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Wednesday July 8, 2020
Jayson’s story
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Friday May 15, 2020
“What is happening in my homeland is cultural genocide”
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Wednesday May 20, 2020
Help protect farmworkers like me from modern slavery
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Thursday June 25, 2020
What happened to me should never happen to anyone else
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Thursday October 8, 2020
Why my experience proves we need to end forced child marriage
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Friday May 3, 2019
The scars of persecution: My personal journey
Take Action
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Open letter to Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour
To: Lebanon's Ministry of Labour REF: Migrant Domestic Worker Wages Dear Ms. Lammia Yammine Douaihy, We are wri...
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Oppose trafficking victims’ information being handed over to law enforcement
This petition is run by National Survivor Network. On February 27, a group of 36 States’ Attorneys General sent a ...
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Give victims like Nancy a chance to recover
My name is Nancy and I am a victim of modern slavery. I am turning to you, the public, for help because this is my last ...