Past Events from April 25, 2023 – June 20, 2023 – FreedomUnited.org

11 years of the restrictive ODW visa: Why workers need to have their right

128 Theobalds Rd 128 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8TN

On April 6, 2012, the UK government made changes to the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa which they claimed would improve their labour conditions. However, for eleven long years migrant domestic workers have endured being trapped working for abusive employers. Despite workers, trade unions, and human rights experts calling for a return to the visa regime […]

Still I Rise – Documentary Screening & Talk Back

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"Many mainstream documentaries about human trafficking fail to acknowledge that Black women, girls and femmes are disproportionately affected by sex trafficking. Furthermore, many of these documentaries do not discuss the experiences of Black survivors. Still I Rise explores the relationship between racism and sex trafficking with dynamic womxn closest to the problem and the solutions. […]

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Exploring Anti-Trafficking in Nepal: examining lived experiences

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"The past decade of armed conflict in Nepal has led to a significant displacement and out-migration of the population, with people from diverse backgrounds seeking better opportunities elsewhere. This rise in migration has brought to the forefront the intersection of trafficking and migration debates, particularly when it comes to women. On one hand, there are […]

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Women in Modern Slavery Offending

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"This public lecture will be held on the University of Hull campus in the Wilberforce building Lecture Theatre 12. Please email [email protected] if you would like to attend in person, or register online if you would like to attend online. At a global scale, women are represented in human trafficking and modern slavery crimes at proportionately higher levels that […]

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Protecting victims of trafficking from immigration detention

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The Global Detention Project invites you to the fourth in its series of webinars exploring how civil society organisations can effectively engage with human rights monitoring mechanisms to promote the rights of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in immigration detention. In this webinar we will hear from four global experts on human trafficking about how the principle […]

What works (and does not work) in reducing vulnerability to forced labour and human trafficking of migrant women workers?

Bush House North East Wing, Strand Campus, London 30 Aldwych,, London, United Kingdom

Please join us for this afternoon event and drinks reception with key leaders in the field to: 1. Hear latest lessons and evidence, including from the ILO’s 10-year long Work in Freedom programme. 2. Discuss implications and how we can collaborate to achieve progress globally. Since 2012, the International Labour Organization (ILO), with support from […]

Upcoming EU Due Diligence Laws, Labour and Human Rights

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"The Wilberforce Business Academy has been set up to provide businesses and third sector organisations with practical training on how to apply due diligence and best practice in the recruitment and management of workers across global supply chains. Our online training programme has been designed to help organisations meet the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act […]

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Berlin VW Protest

City Cube Berlin, Germany

Protesting #UyghurForcedLabor on the day of Volkswagen's annual general meeting.

Finding Your Path as a Survivor Leader within the Anti-trafficking Sector

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"We believe that stories are a powerful way for survivors to learn from one another, stimulate action, and connect the dots between leadership and action. This webinar will feature a panel of four (4) survivor leaders from different parts of the world. Our speakers will share their personal journey of how they started and grew […]

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Within and Beyond Our Borders: Collective action to address child labor

U.S. Dept of Labor - Frances Perkins Building 200 Constitution Avenue Northwest Washington, Washington, DC, United States

An estimated 160 million children are engaged in child labor globally, harvesting cocoa for the chocolate we eat and cotton for the clothes we wear; and mining critical minerals for the technology we use. Some 79 million of these children are engaged in hazardous child labor, risking injury or even death from using sharp tools […]

Capitalism and Slavery: debates, legacies and new directions for research

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Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944) remains a powerful, provocative and influential work of historical scholarship. For Williams, chattel slavery provided Britain with the capacity to develop commercial and industrial capitalism, and—in turn—the means to power an eighteenth-century industrial revolution. As the profits of slavery declined, Williams argued, so did British commitment to the slave trade—the motivations […]

Survivors Speak Out (UK)

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Come hear survivors of modern slavery discuss what they wish their caseworker knew about their culture when supporting them through the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and asylum process.

Discussion: What progress has been made since UFLPA enactment?

During this event, you will hear from members of the Coalition to End Uyghur Forced Labour reflecting on the success of the US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), how enforcement of this landmark law is going, and from speakers in other countries on progress being made as well as ways to support their work.