The Australian federal government recently passed a funding boost directed at modern slavery survivors to help them access services [...]
Source: The Conversation
A Female System of Abuse: Haiti’s Children in Domestic Slavery
Hundreds of thousands of Haitian children are trapped in modern slavery, and women are playing a key role in perpetuating the abuse. [...]
Flawed visa system locks survivors out of services
The Australian government recently introduced new measures aimed at protecting migrant workers at risk of exploitation. But new [...]
A Tragic Paradox: When Trafficking Victims Become Perpetrators
Watcharaporn Nantahkhum’s story became known to Australia not because she was a victim of human trafficking. Rather, in 2012 she [...]
Risk of forced labor in Lululemon’s supply chain
The Canadian government recently joined the ranks of California, the United Kingdom and Australia in passing laws designed to eliminate [...]
Child Trafficking and the Search for Football’s Next Star
Some 15,000 children have been trafficked to Europe under the false premise that they can become football’s next superstar. [...]
Exploitative practices are a common thread in the garment industry
Major fashion brands, including Barbour and PVH (owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger), are set to pay over £400,000 in [...]
Modern slavery lurks behind South Africa’s spaza shops
Residents of South Africa’s townships have long relied on informal retailers known as spaza shops for food, household items, and [...]
20 years later, but trafficking persists despite Morecambe Bay tragedy
20 years ago, on the beach of Morecambe Bay, 23 migrant workers illegally smuggled into the U.K. drowned while picking cockles on the [...]