Sex workers are in a difficult position, fighting both exploitation in the sex industry and misguided policies that are supposed to [...]
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Freedom United on sex work & building resilience to trafficking
Freedom United’s Executive Director, Joanna Ewart-James, explains why Freedom United supports the full decriminalization of sex [...]
U.S. anti-trafficking law putting sex workers & trafficking survivors in danger
The controversial Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (FOSTA/SESTA) is due to face an important [...]
Samyar’s story: how the U.K. immigration system turns migrants into criminals
In 2022 the former U.K. government made a ministerial change with supporting legislation that seemed on paper quite minor. However, [...]
Beyond Survival to End Domestic Trafficking
This articles argues that we must look beyond survival to end domestic trafficking. Ending labour trafficking requires us to elevate [...]
International law on organized crime key in tackling human trafficking
Long-standing debates within the counter-trafficking and counter-smuggling space have focused on the ineffectiveness around the [...]
Why Freedom United supports the decriminalisation of sex work
European asylum could drive down exploitation
Italy received criticism last month for introducing a controversial code of conduct for search and rescue boats which would put people [...]
A closer look at forced labor import bans
In her insightful Open Democracy article, Judy Fudge unpacks the growing popularity of forced labor import bans—and urges us to think [...]
Slavery Proposal in Australia Lacks Due Diligence
Komala Ramachandra, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, reports that Australia’s justice minister proposed a new legislation in August [...]
Ethiopian migrants forced to work without pay under Lebanon’s kafala system
Ethiopians make up the majority of the foreign domestic work population employed in Lebanon. The majority of these domestic workers are [...]
U.S. anti-trafficking organizations constrained on sex workers’ rights
The U.S. government makes around $300 million in funding available annually for anti-trafficking organizations, a significant amount [...]
Is the anti-trafficking sector ready for real survivor leadership?
“Survivor leaders are too often viewed as incapable of learning or doing effective anti-trafficking work, and they are tokenised in [...]
Moving on from the “victim” trope
Many anti-trafficking groups are still fighting modern slavery through rescue efforts. But what if this approach does more harm than [...]
New President of Uzbekistan Fails to Keep His Promise
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, promised to outlaw forced labor in his country, but institutions–schools, faculties, [...]
Concerns for migrant workers in U.S. farms and meat plants as COVID-19 spreads
COVID-19 is spreading rapidly through the largely immigrant workforces of U.S. farms and meat factories, but insufficient protections [...]
Institutionalized victimhood: debating sex work in the Philippines
The Philippines enacted its own anti-trafficking law in 2003 with a core focus on ending the sexual exploitation of women and children. [...]
Trafficking survivors in East Asia need greater representation
The majority of people who experience modern slavery are in the Asia Pacific region, nearly 60% of the estimated 50 million according [...]
Smoke, fire, and exploitation: how climate change fuels modern slavery
Data shows year by year the planet is getting hotter and hotter. Alongside the uptick in temperatures is the steady increase of labor [...]
Misuse of Indian Law May Lead to Forced Child Marriage
The 2012 Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act (POSCO) in India is intended to safeguard children from sexual abuse. Among [...]
With Brexit, U.K. has key opportunity to take a stand on Uzbek cotton
In an opinion piece for openDemocracy, a human rights lawyer called for the United Kingdom to end its complicity in forced labor in [...]
Empower and protect: rethinking bans on child labor
“Child labor isn’t going anywhere, so children’s safety in work must become the priority.” Writing in Open Democracy, [...]
Better economic prospects would help prevent re-trafficking in India
Survivors of human trafficking and exploitation in India face significant hurdles in accessing the support they need to rebuild their [...]
UK visa system trapping thousands in modern slavery
The UK’s skilled worker visa system was introduced to fill labor gaps in specific occupations. However, a recent investigation [...]
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