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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· 1 year 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...