Australia’s own Modern Slavery Act — designed to be tougher than the UK’s — will require more than 3,000 companies to disclose how they [...]
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Andy Hall: Trendy Smartphone Apps Give No Power to Worker Organizing
Human rights campaigners say that companies who are looking to clean up their supply chains from labor abuses need to invest in [...]
Automakers Urged to Follow Mercedes-Benz on Mica Supply Transparency
Campaigners are urging automakers to be more transparent in how they source the mineral mica — which adds a shimmer to cars — after [...]
Agricultural Firms Recycling UK Modern Slavery Statements
British farms that are required to report on how they are addressing modern slavery are failing to do so despite being known sites for [...]
Wealth Management Capital Sets Sights on Slavery
The principality of Liechtenstein — a global capital for wealth management — has launched a new initiative to mobilize the global [...]
‘Triple Threat’ of Slavery Alarms British Hoteliers
Loud music, used condoms, and alcohol may seem nothing new for British hotel owners. But combined with activities like last-minute [...]
Don’t Teach Me How to Sew — I Want to Play the Drums
“Why would you need training in stitching or becoming a beautician, especially when you are an excellent drummer?” asks [...]
Disney, Fisher-Price Doll Factory Under Investigation
A factory in China producing Disney and Fisher-Price dolls is the subject of a new investigation as it has emerged workers were [...]
Will Hong Kong Get its Own Anti-Slavery Law?
A Hong Kong lawmaker is vowing to make a renewed push to lobby the government to pass a anti-slavery law akin to the UK Modern Slavery [...]
At Last, UK Picks New Anti-Slavery Commissioner
After nearly nine months of the role being vacant, Britain has at last selected a new anti-slavery commissioner — Sara Thornton, head [...]
Rohingya Dreaming of Malaysia Not Deterred by Traffickers
Amina Begum is a Rohingya refugee living in a camp in Bangladesh, but she has her sights on making it to Malaysia to join her husband. [...]
Trafficked Bangladeshis in Vanuatu Considering Suicide
Over 100 Bangladeshi migrants have arrived in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in the past year. But instead of taking up jobs they [...]
A Modern Slavery Database is Not Enough. But It’s a Start.
Modern slavery is often present in the supply chains of products we use on a daily basis. Yet consumers across the world are waking up [...]
Mexico Ends All Funding for Anti-Trafficking NGOs
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced that Mexico will no longer give funding to anti-human trafficking organizations, [...]
Thailand’s traffickers flout 99% of court orders to compensate victims
Human traffickers in Thailand are ignoring 99% of court orders to compensate their victims, leaving their victims empty-handed and at [...]
Teenage radio channel warns of trafficking in Peruvian jungle
A weekly radio show aired by teenage girls in southern Peru warns their fellow peers to be vigilant of the signs of trafficking and [...]
UK’s modern slavery victims could be dealt double blow by COVID-19 pandemic
Activists and academics have warned that the coronavirus pandemic poses a special threat to Britain’s modern slavery victims because [...]
Black Lives Matter can be a key part of the modern anti-slavery movement
In an opinion piece for Thomson Reuters Foundation, Azim Kidwai, CEO of Mercy Mission UK and Special Advisor to the UN on Islamic [...]
U.K. slavery museum lambasted for “damaging” sex trafficking display
A slavery museum in the U.K. has come under heavy fire for an exhibition on human trafficking in the porn industry that many activists [...]
OPINION: Who is responsible for fast fashion worker abuses in Britain?
Japan calls out “serious human rights situation” in China
This week Japan has joined the mounting international pressure on the Chinese government, cautiously addressing the human rights [...]
Undocumented Victims Get Help from New York Agency
Undocumented victims like Enriqueta Luna are getting help. When her employer, the owner of a New York restaurant, exposed and forced [...]
Indian Women and Children–20,000 in all are Victims
Indian women and children--20,000 in all--became victims of trafficking last year according to a new govenment report.
Sri Lanka’s war widows trafficked as slaves to Gulf
Nathkulasinham Nesemalhar, a 54-year-old widow from the former war zone of northern Sri Lanka was promised work in Oman as a maid for [...]