Press Release: new research shows the impact of a victim–centred approach on reporting of child sexual exploitation in Nepal Image via iStock 2 September 2020 Child sexual exploitation remains widespread in Nepal, driven by discrimination, poverty, a lack of education, peer pressure and the necessity of finding employment. Efforts to… Keep reading »
Anti-Slavery International’s Sally Kilner on how girls in Nepal are accessing justice after being sexually exploited. Image by hadynyah via iStock 2 September 2020 Aged 16, Binsa* decided she needed to support her family financially. {Near to her home was a hotel needing staff} and she started to work cleaning… Keep reading »
Blog by Anti-Slavery’s Business and Humans Rights Manager, Chloe Cranston. Image by Pixabay 23 July 2020 Anti-Slavery International joins 300 organisations from around the world, requesting that companies ensure that they are not linked to the horrific abuses of workers in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, known locally… Keep reading »
Covid-19 has had a profound impact on the world, but it does not affect everyone equally. 15 July 2020 For people who are enslaved or vulnerable to slavery, the economic and social disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting their lives in new and profound ways. As Anti-Slavery… Keep reading »
Talibé children experience abuse and ill health new report shows, a blog by Africa Programme Officer Kenza Ben Azouz. Image courtesy of ANTD June 2020 Thousands of boys attending traditional religious education schools (Qur’anic schools) in Niger are commonly forced to beg on the street, our… Keep reading »
The case of Peru highlights the struggle of domestic workers to get the respect and rights they deserve. Keep reading »
Voluntary Action has failed, it is time for change. Keep reading »
Head of International Slavery Museum Dr. Richard P. Benjamin on Liverpool’s slavery legacy. Keep reading »
Dr Chris O’Connell is researching the link between climate change, migration and exploitation of vulnerable people in Peru and Bolivia. The migration of young people due to climate change places the agricultural burden on the older generations in Peru. Photo: Laura Latimer 14 June 2019 Modern slavery is an increasingly… Keep reading »
You thought slavery in the US had finished? Think again, writes historian Benjamin Lawrance Keep reading »