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The Labor Protests Overshadowing Chinese New Year

While many think of Chinese New Year as a time for parades and colorful fireworks, for thousands of Chinese construction workers the [...]

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Domestic workers fight back: everyday victories and stories of defiance

In the face of overwork and wage theft, Sara, a domestic worker in Beirut, recalls how her employer demanded receipts and counted every [...]

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Will states stick by safe migration commitments?

The UN’s first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) got underway this week, a platform to assess how member states are [...]

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Post-World Cup, wage theft still a problem in Qatar

“The charade is over now. The spectacle is long done. But plenty of migrant workers remain in Qatar. And they are still [...]

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The “Raid and Rescue” Model of India’s 2018 Anti-Trafficking Bill

Indian Minister for Women & Child Development Smt Maneka Gandhi is likely to table India’s new anti-trafficking bill in the [...]

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Victims categorized under ‘unknown exploitation’ less likely to access support

Potential victims of trafficking referred to the U.K.’s system for identifying people who have experienced trafficking – the National [...]

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Border law leads to 53 dead in Texas tragedy

53 people have now died from hyperthermia trapped in a sealed truck found in Texas, 160 miles from the U.S. Mexico border where outside [...]

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Survivor engagement: on turning rhetoric into practice

In the anti-trafficking sector, a high value is often placed on survivors’ stories and first-hand accounts of trafficking and modern [...]

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Worker-driven solutions end slavery in electronics

Photo credit: ILO/Asrian Mirza A quarter of the world’s manufacturing is for the electronics sector. It employs millions of [...]

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Does venture capitalism harm more than help anti-trafficking efforts?

Does venture capitalism harm more than help anti-trafficking efforts?

Contributors at openDemocracy have begun a policy debate on the effects of philanthrocapitalism on the anti-trafficking field. Venture [...]

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U.K. must stop penalizing victims for crimes they were forced to commit, says TIP report

The U.K. is failing to provide adequate support for trafficking victims, according to the 2022 Trafficking in Persons report. The [...]

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Surveillance & data gathering by big tech is endangering trafficking survivors

When a survivor panellist at Amazon’s Tech Against Trafficking Summit in Seattle last year explained how data sharing with law [...]

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Anti-Trafficking Policy Makers “Do Not Want to Disrupt Power Relationships”

Why do so many interventions to stop human trafficking fail? Because politicians are less interested in adopting policies that [...]

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How we talk about modern slavery matters

How we talk about modern slavery matters

Is modern slavery a disease like the coronavirus? Is it a “stain” on otherwise spotless companies’ reputations? Dr. Ras and [...]

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Progress stalls on sex workers’ rights in India

Sex workers in India protest against harmful anti-trafficking efforts

Earlier this year, India’s Supreme Court officially defined sex work as a profession, calling for an end to police violence against sex [...]

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From self-styled modern slavery leader to abandoning trafficking victims – what happened?

The U.K. has just passed the Illegal Migration Act into law in a devastating attack on the rights of migrants, refugees, and [...]

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Uzbekistan’s Future Hinges on Freedom of Association

Uzbekistan has embarked on major reforms and increased diplomatic engagement since Shavkat Mirziyoyev took over as president. Yet, [...]

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Misusing the term “sex trafficking” doesn’t help prevent exploitation

In an opinion piece published by openDemocracy this week, Ben Chapman-Schmidt addresses the use, and misuse, of the term ‘sex [...]

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Imagining a world beyond borders

Borders no longer exist only along the confines of a territory – they are now embedded in our societies, rearing their head every time [...]

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"Sound of Freedom": Hollywood's misguided take on anti-trafficking

“Sound of Freedom”: Hollywood’s misguided take on anti-trafficking

Amid the tremendous popularity of the film “Sound of Freedom,” which has made over 100 million dollars already, a critical [...]

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Opinion: There is No “Race to the Bottom”

It has become increasingly common to talk about a “race to the bottom” when it comes to the erosion of workers’ [...]

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Atlanta Asian massage parlor murders are a warning to the anti-trafficking sector

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COP27 is over – what next?

The Sharm El-Sheikh COP27 climate summit concluded last week after two weeks of tense discussions with world leaders. Well past the [...]

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Theresa May’s legacy: migrant worker exploitation

As Theresa May bids farewell to politics, her legacy is one of controversy, particularly within migrant communities and advocacy [...]

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