Speak Free

Friday April 6, 2018

“The director’s been selling the orphans for sex.” Stunned silence. “Wait. What?!” Head shaking like I hadn’t heard right. Or out of [...]

Thursday March 1, 2018

Chances are you have seen Cyntoia Brown’s name on social media in recent weeks. But who exactly is she? And what’s getting celebrities [...]

Thursday January 18, 2018

As we look forward to the year ahead, our Executive Director takes a moment to reflect on some key focus areas in the fight to end [...]

Friday October 13, 2017

Originally published on Open Democracy, March 13, 2017. Anyone who works as an activist knows that campaigning is a messy job. That is [...]

Wednesday September 6, 2017

It’s a fact. We do not know precisely how many people are held in modern slavery today. We do know that the number reaches into many [...]

Tuesday August 29, 2017

We will never be able to combat modern forms of slavery if people aren’t aware that modern slavery exists. There are still too many [...]

Monday July 17, 2017

Last week, the U.S. Department of State delivered its annual Trafficking in Persons report. Though the report is much anticipated each [...]

Tuesday April 25, 2017

The power of shock value can be impressive. Slavery still exists? There are how many you say? But not here! Although the conversation [...]

Monday February 20, 2017

Child marriage is a formal union where one or both of the parties are under 18 years old. In many places around the world, marriage [...]