This event is now available to watch here. Freedom United is hosting an online webinar, Migration Politics that Kill: How governments exacerbate human trafficking, on July 3rd at 12:00 pm EST, free of cost and welcome to everyone. Simply register on Zoom here to receive the link. We are sitting down with the experts at a critical moment across the globe when migration is becoming the hottest topic, and number of migrant deaths is at an all-time high. As global displacements rise due to conflict, persecution, and climate disasters, opportunities for safe, regular migration routes are
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Sunday June 16, 2024
Domestic workers in the U.K. have faced 12 years of abuse and exploitation: Kalayaan’s report demands urgent reform
By Sophie Levack, Policy Officer at Kalayaan, the U.K.’s leading charity supporting migrant domestic workers Migrant domestic workers are mostly women. They make up 73% of migrants in private households globally and often face extreme laws in foreign countries, making them vulnerable to exploitation. They perform essential tasks that support families and communities, yet their contributions are often undervalued, and they face stigma and discrimination. In the U.K., migrant domestic workers are considered low-skilled and are denied the rights that other migrant workers have,
Friday May 31, 2024
Lifeless in the sand: a survivor’s story
A true story written by Roland Ibanda Edited by Geneviève Appleton The challenges of poverty, political instability and unemployment as well as the effects of broken families have increased pressure on the rising population in less developed countries in Africa and Asia. To survive financially, every year thousands of young women flee to the Persian Gulf to seek employment in the domestic service sector, with United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Jordan among the most popular destinations. Sarah was one of them, saying farewell to her three children in
Friday May 24, 2024
Virginia elected officials seek to glorify slavery legacies
Freedom United works to abolish all forms of modern slavery, wherever they may exist across the globe. While our focus is on the present and future, it's essential to understand how historical contexts shape our efforts. Accordingly, we find it disheartening when elected officials use their offices to glorify the legacies of slavery. In recent years, there has been a commendable effort by various American states, local governments, and the federal government to remove symbols honoring figures associated with slavery. In 2021, the Shenandoah County Board of Education (SCBE) in
Friday April 19, 2024
How just are “green technologies” really?
This Earth Day, as we applaud the strides of the environmental movement, a pressing question emerges: Are the green technologies we champion as pillars of sustainability really as ethical as they seem? While green solutions like electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines are celebrated for their role in combating climate change, there's a darker side to these innovations that goes unnoticed. Ethics come into question when you’re driving a car or powering a home with technology that, beneath its clean exterior, involves forced labor and exploitative conditions. The cobalt that
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