This collaborative video celebrates the voices of anti-labor trafficking providers during National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Framework encourages providers across the anti-trafficking community to join us in the new year and focus their programming on inclusive human trafficking response.
For more information on labor trafficking and to sign up for our event visit us at Framework.ta@rescue.org.
Laura A. Dean, Associate Professor of Political Science, Director of the Human Trafficking Research Lab at Millikin University Anti-trafficking efforts worldwide are in peril due to the Trump administration’s proposed…
We believe in empowering cocoa farmers and people in cocoa communities with a certain level of consciousness about what is and isn’t allowed. It’s fine for children to help out on the farm after school and learn about how cocoa is grown, but it’s important that farmers and communities know where to draw the line. They need to understand that certain types of work, such as heavy lifting, are harmful to children. Cooperatives have to do their part in taking responsibility to combat child labor.
Access to Remedy – Our Greatest Failure, Our Biggest Opportunity
Heather Moore
Remedy as Relational
Sarah S
Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Child Labor and Trafficking Survivors: a Case Study of Nepal GoodWeave Foundation’s Transit Home “Hamro Ghar”
Silvia Mera and Hem Bahadur Moktan
Access to Effective Remedy and Grievance Mechanisms: a Brief Review of the Situation for Exploited Migrant Workers in Finland and Norway
Dr. Tina Davis and Saara Haapasaari
Understanding Remedy Under the Australian Modern Slavery Act: From Conceptualisation to Provision of Remedy
Samuel Pryde, Justine Nolan, Shelley Marshall, Andrew Kach, Martijn Boersma, Fiona McGaughey, and Vikram Bhakoo
How Import Bans Affect Access to Remedy for Individuals Affected by Forced Labour
Archana Kotecha and Nawin Santikarn
A Case Study in the Mauritian Garment Industry: the Promise and Challenge of Securing Effective Remedy
Karen Stauss and Samantha Rudick
Increasing the Prospects of Corporate Accountability, Compensation, and Financial Health for Victims and Survivors of Forced Labour and Human Trafficking
Loria-Mae Heywood and Andy Shen
Towards Worker-Driven Remedy: Advancing Human and Labour Rights in Global Supply Chains
Martina Trusgnach, Olga Martin-Ortega, and Cindy Berman
A united group of over 2,500 survivors and multidisciplinary professionals in 18 countries dedicated to ending human trafficking and supporting its survivors, from a public health perspective.
Journal of Modern Slavery Special Supplement: Delta 8.7 Policy Guide Introduction
Angharad Smith and Alice Eckstein
The Justice Policy Guide – Exploring What Works to End Modern Slavery: A Survivor-Centric Approach to Justice
Ruth Juliet Nyambura Gachanja and Peter Williams
What Works To Eradicate Modern Slavery In Crisis Settings? Lessons From The Evidence
Katharine Bryant and Katarina Schwarz
The Smart Mix Of Measures In Markets: A Review Of What Works, And More Importantly, Why
Hannah Thinayne, Leanne Melnyk and Michael Gallo
Our mission is to gather and learn as a community of nonprofit practitioners and storytellers how to integrate a new standard of storytelling.
Introduction to Forced Migration and Modern Slavery: Unplanned Journeys of Exploitation and Survival
Brad K. Blitz
Europe’s Migrant Human Trafficking – A Case Study of Romania’s Sexually Exploited Women
Roxana Claudia Tompea
What Has 20 Years of ‘Freedom’ Meant for Kamaiya Men in Kailali District, Nepal? Analysing Changing Patterns of Migration as a Marker of Freedom
Matthew Maycock
Re-(B)ordering: The Impact of the European Union’s Externalisation of Migration on the Human Rights of Migrants in Libya
Lauren Jackson
Stuck In The Middle: The Case of Venezuelan Migrants
Carolina Spiridigliozzi and Florencia Barbeito
Forced into Slavery: Eritreans Caught Between Refugee and Migration Policies
Lucy Hovil and Sasha Jesperson
Immigration Detention in Australia and Asylum Seekers’ Rights to Appropriate Health Care. Health Care Consequences of Keeping Asylum Seekers in Mandatory Detention in Alternative Places of Detentions (APOD)s
Vinu Verghis, Jackson Moody, and Suzanna Fay
The Ru.Lag: the Kremlin’s New Empire of Forced Labor
Alexandra Lewis and Brad K. Blitz
We create a bridge between trafficking survivors and highly skilled pro bono legal representation. Together we work to hold traffickers accountable for their crimes through civil litigation and criminal restitution. HT Legal gains compensation for survivors so that they can reclaim their lives. We are a non-profit organization, monitoring the federal government and working to improve federal policy to benefit trafficking survivors.
Introduction to New Approaches to Understand and Address Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Hannah Baumeister
Syrians’ only option – Rethinking unfree labour through the study of displaced agricultural workers in the Middle East
Ann-Christin Zuntz, Mackenzie Klema, Shaher Abdullateef, Esraa Almashhor, Salim Faisal Alnabolsi, Sinem Sefa Akay, Bürge Akbulut, Selin Ayaes, Ertan Karabiyik, and Lisa Boden
Forced Marriage and Modern Slavery: Analysing Marriage as a “Choiceless Choice”
Helen McCabe, Wendy Stickle, PhD, and Hannah Baumeister
A Feminist Analysis of the Trafficking of Women and Girls into China for the Purpose of Forced Marriage and Childbearing
Amelia Watkins-Smith
Human Rights Through the Eyes of Bonded Labourers in India
Elena Samonova, PhD
Campaigning Against Modern Slavery: Social Assets for Business Action
Dr Akilah Jardine and Reem Muaid
Global Patterns of Forced Labor in Island Southeast Asia
Cheryll Alipio and Yancey Orr
How Social Science Combats Unfree Labour in the Global Economy
We tend to think of the cruelties of slavery as a thing of the past, something that humanity has largely overcome. This assumption is false. Globally, there are some 46 million people in slavery, according to Kevin Bales, Co-Founder of the NGO Free the Slaves and Professor of Contemporary Slavery at University of Nottingham. Whether it is child workers in African mines, deforestation crews in the Amazon or people trapped in commercial sexual exploitation in Europe, unfree labour is very much a part of our daily lives. Like all other aspects of the economy, slavery has also become a globalised phenomenon – affecting production and supply chains all over the world and generating a 150-billion-dollar trafficking industry. Kevin has studied these new forms of contemporary slavery for two decades. His work, for example as lead author of the Global Slavery Index, has been highly successful in raising awareness and as a researcher and activist, he approaches this complex problem both on an individual as well as a systemic level. For Kevin, slavery itself is not an isolated problem but it is also closely connected to environmental devastation. In his most recent work, he showed that industries which rely heavily on slave labour are also some of the biggest contributors to climate change. At Falling Walls, Kevin provides insights into the vast scope and consequences of contemporary slavery and suggests future paths for tackling one of the most shameful features of the modern world.
The Ghost at the Junction: Exploring the Links Between Historic and Modern Slavery in Accra, Ghana
Stephen Collins and Nii Kwaterlai Quartey
Multi-Sector Human Trafficking Task Forces in the United States: Typologies and Overlapping Jurisdictions
Laura A. Dean and Julisa Sierra
The Biopolitics of Contemporary Slavery in Brazil and the Bare Life of the Enslaved Worker
Patrícia Trindade Maranhão Costa
For 2017’s “My Freedom Day”, CNN collaborated with the ‘Global Sustainability Network’ calling on film makers from all around the world to create powerful Public Service Announcements (PSAs) relating to Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery – an initiative called HeardPSA. Watch It, Confront It, Open Your Eyes. This PSA pertains to Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery within South Africa.
INTRODUCTION to the CHILD LABOUR Special Edition
Cindy Berman and Urmila Bhoola
Reframing, refining, and reconceptualising the worst forms of child labour through participatory adaptive programming
Marina Apgar and Danny Burns
Reviewing child labour and its worst forms: Contemporary theoretical and policy agenda
Md Mahmudul Hoque
Prioritising Agro-Rural Areas with Holistic and Community-Participatory Initiatives to Accelerate Progress towards Elimination of Child Labour
Purva Gupta and Gazal Malik
Multinational Enterprises and child labour: Insights from supply-chain initiatives in different sectors
Jolijn Engelbertink and Ans Kolk
The Role of NGO-Supported Community Based Schools Gardens in Contributing to Reducing the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the Eastern DRC
Cecile Fanton d’Andon, Mark Canavera, Nadine Nkubonage Rudahindwa, Pascal Mongane, Henry Gathercole, and Stefano Battain
“I’m literally here to hear your story… let them know that”: Exploring Narrative Therapy Approaches with Victims of Child Trafficking, Exploitation & Slavery
Dr. Romana Farooq, Chelsea Addy, Gavin Smyth, and Afua Appiah
For Americans, slavery is the stuff of history books, sailing ships and shackles. Richard Lee’s work with International Justice Mission shines a light on the complex socioeconomics of modern day slavery around the world, and offers hope for combatting it. Richard Lee serves as a Director of Church Mobilization for International Justice Mission. This role affords him the opportunity to equip churches and communities by sharing the biblical call to seek justice, introducing them to IJM’s work, and mobilizing them to engage in both local and global ministry.
Previously, Richard served as Campus Pastor at Liquid Church at their fastest-growing campus in Mountainside, New Jersey. Prior to that, he served as Lead Pastor at Bethany Well Church. He also started and led 2 networks for pastors, providing accountability and encouragement for local pastors. In addition, Richard has served as a Missions Field Director and Team Leader for missions trips around the globe, including trips to Mexico, China, and Ukraine. He is available to speak at church engagements, anti-human trafficking groups, and a variety of conferences.
Older than Troy: slavery as a consequence of human catastrophe
Dr. Aidan McQuade
Exploring the Relationship Between Humanitarian Emergencies and Human Trafficking: A Narrative Review
Viktoria Curbelo, MPH
Forced Labour and Access to Education of Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh: Beyond a Humanitarian Crisis
Md Mahmudul Hoque
What is the Link between Natural Disasters and Human Trafficking and Slavery?
Dr. Kevin Bales
Providing Protection or Enabling Exploitation? Orphanages and Modern Slavery in Post-Disaster Contexts
Dr Kathryn E. van Doore and Rebecca Nhep
Without data we are fighting blind: the need for human security data in defence sector responses to human trafficking
Peter Wieltschnig, Dr. Julia Muraszkiewicz, and Toby Fenton
Engaging kids tell us about the the wide range of products that 168 million children trapped in child labor produce.
Introduction to the COVID-19 and MODERN SLAVERY Issue
Helen McCabe
COVID-19’s Impact on Anti-Trafficking Efforts: What do we know?
Idel Hanley and Jean-Pierre Gauci
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Identification of Victims of Modern Slavery and Their Access to Support Services in Australia
Nerida Chazal and Ms Kyla Raby
Fluid Vulnerabilities: Narratives of Modern Slavery in India during Lockdown
George Byrne, Professor Tamsin Bradley, Elizabeth Khumallambam, Sutirtha Sahariah
Ripped at the Seams: RMG Sector Workers During a Global Pandemic
Christopher Hansen, Jafar Iqbal, Maansi Parpiani, Ridhi Sahai, Vaiddehi Bansal, Mithila Iyer, Michelle Davis, and Kareem Kysia
Shattered Dreams: Bangladeshi Migrant Workers during a Global Pandemic
Ridhi Sahai, Vaiddehi Bansal, Muhammad Jalal Uddin Sikder, Kareem Kysia, and Sharon Shen
Underlying Conditions: The Increased Vulnerability of Migrant Workers Under COVID-19 in Israel
Maayan Niezna, Yahel Kurlander, Hila Shamir
The Finance of Sex Trafficking and Impact of COVID-19
Phoebe Ewen
Red Light Refracted: Impacts of COVID-19 on Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Maharashtra, India
Erika Keaveney, Mithila Iyer, Xiran Liu, Rachael Jackson, and Kareem Kysia
Pivoting technology: understanding working conditions in the time of COVID-19
Hannah Thinyane, Michael Gallo
Australia’s Modern Slavery Act and COVID-19: a get out of jail free card?
Fiona McGaughey
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on survivors of human trafficking in the Philippines
Laura Cordisco Tsai, Jonna Eleccion, and Ankita Panda
The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Participatory Approach
Emily Brady, Aisha Ali Haji, Rehema Baya,Yasmin Manji, Helen McCabe, Muthoni Muhunyo, Sophie Otiende, and Ruth Sorby
I AM JANE DOE chronicles the epic battle that several American mothers are waging on behalf of their middle-school daughters, victims of sex trafficking on Backpage.com, the adult classifieds section that for years was part of the iconic Village Voice. Narrated by Academy Award-nominee Jessica Chastain, directed by award-winning filmmaker Mary Mazzio, and produced by Mazzio and Academy-Award nominee, Alec Sokolow, the film is a gut-wrenching human story and fresh look at a social and legal issue that affects every community in America.
Forward to the COVID-19 Supplemental Issue
Dr. Helen McCabe
COVID-19’s Impact on Anti-Trafficking Efforts: What do we know?
Idel Hanley, Jean-Pierre Gauci
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Identification of Victims of Trafficking and Their Access to Support Services in Australia
Dr. Nerida Chazal, Ms Kyla Raby
Critiquing America’s Response to Human Trafficking: Race, Gender, and Colonialism Narratives in a COVID-19 Context
Lucy Mahaffey
Fluid Vulnerabilities: Narratives of Modern Slavery in India during Lockdown
Dr. George Byrne, Professor Tamsin Bradley, Elizabeth Khumallambam, Dr. Sutirtha Sahariah
Ready Made Garment (RMG) Study: Bangladesh and India
Christopher Hansen, Jafar Iqbal, Maansi Parpiani, Michelle Davis, Ridhi Sahai, Vaiddehi Bansal, Mithila Iyer, Kareem Kysia
Overseas Labor Recruitment (OLR) Study – Bangladesh
Ridhi Sahai, Vaiddehi Bansal, Muhammad Jalal Uddin Sikder, Kareem Kysia
Underlying conditions: The Commodification of Migrant Workers Under COVID-19
Maayan Niezna, Dr. Yahel Kurlander, Hila Shamir
The Finance of Sex Trafficking and Impact of COVID-19
Phoebe Ewen
Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Study – India
Erika Keaveney, Mithila Iyer, Xiran Liu, Kareem Kysia
Pivoting technology: understanding working conditions in the time of COVID-19
Hannah Thinyane, Michael Gallo
Australia’s Modern Slavery Act and COVID-19: a get out of jail free card?
Fiona McGaughey
Services and Safety for Survivors of Human Trafficking: A Social Service Agency Statewide Survey on the Impact of COVID-19
Kimberly A. Hogan
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on survivors of human trafficking in the Philippines
Laura Cordisco Tsai, PhD, and Jonna Eleccion
COVID-19 and Child Criminal Exploitation: Implications of the Pandemic for County Lines
Ben Brewster, Grace Robinson
Assessing the impact of ad-hoc migratory and asylum regulations on the vulnerability to human trafficking and forced labour in Spain, Germany, and Italy: identifying good practices during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Ana B. Valverde-Cano, Juan J. Ruiz-Ramos, Paola Cavanna
The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Modern Slavery in Kenya
Emily Brady, Dr. Helen McCabe, Sophie Otiende, Aisha Ali Haji, Rehema Maya, Yasmin Manji, Ruth Sorby
Sarah has had many surprises in her years of working with those she and her team have helped free from slavery and trafficking but nothing prepared her for the messages she shares in this talk.. Looking back on the last decade she noticed that it had not turned out as she envisioned. In many ways, its been the opposite.
Sarah Symons is the Founder and Executive Director of Made By Survivors. Over the past ten+ years, they have helped over a thousand women get out of slavery and poverty, and to build safe, independent lives. Prior to this work, Sarah worked as a composer of TV music, and as a recording artist.
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Adapting a life skills training program for survivors of human trafficking
Laura Cordisco Tsai, PhD, MSSW, Janice Ubaldo and Penny Sun
Piloting a method for the aggregation and visualisation of audit data to enhance forced labour risk identification
Zoë Fortune, Silvia Mera, and Paul Ling
“Boys Are Like Gold”: The Gendered Differences in Sexual Violence Against Street-Involved Children in Southwest Cambodia
Jarrett Davis, Glenn Miles, Maggie Eno, and Andrew G. Rowland
Contemporary slavery and health: mortality levels of rescued workers in Brazil
Dr. Bráulio Figueiredo Alves da Silva, Bernardo Lanza Queiroz, PhD, André Braz Golgher, PhD, Luciano Rodrigues Costa, PhD, and Patrícia Trindade Maranhão Costa, PhD
Though every country has declared it illegal, modern slavery traps over 35 million people around the world. The varieties of modern slavery are nearly endless, but the essence is the same: violent and coercive exploitation of the most vulnerable human beings, who are deprived of their liberty for others’ personal gain.
Produced by The Freedom Fund.
