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Australian abolitionist, Grace Forrest, receives coveted ‘Freedom from Fear’ award
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGrace Forrest is the founding director of Walk Free, the Australian-based anti-slavery organization responsible for publishing the Global Slavery Index (GSI). The GSI provides national estimates ...
I escaped modern slavery. Wouldn't you want to know if I made your shirt?
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe footprint of modern slavery can be found all around us – if only we were made aware so that we...
Report Finds ‘Disappointing’ Forced Labor Risks in Luxury Fashion
WWD via Yahoo News· 1 year agoInternational human rights group Walk Free Foundation published its fifth edition of its Global...
US 1 of 17 countries practicing ‘modern slavery’ with forced labor: report
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. is 1 of only 17 countries in the world that uses state-imposed forced labor, a form of...
UK’s care sector sees reports of modern slavery double, charity says
The Independent UK via AOL· 11 months agoThere has been a staggering increase of over 100 per cent in the number of modern slavery cases...
As a child, she stitched clothes in a sweatshop. Now she sees modern slavery everywhere
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Nasreen Sheikh walks down a busy street, she doesn’t see the faces of the people walking by –...
UN slavery estimate raises question: Are 50 million people really enslaved today?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoForced laborers lived in prison cells at one palm oil plantation in Indonesia. Kiki Cahyadi/Anadolu...
UCL bans lecturer from China course to protect its ‘commercial interests’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA leading UK university has banned an academic from teaching a “provocative” course involving China...
"REVOLT Black News" talks Mauritania and allegations that the country still grapples with slavery
Revolt via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMAURITANIA On Friday’s (June 16) episode of “REVOLT Black News Weekly,” global news anchor Mara S....
Inside Pakistan's brick kilns where millions are trapped in modern-day slavery, working dangerous...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBilawal Bhatti and Maqbool Ahmed In Pakistan, families are forced to make over 1,500 bricks a day to...