What do reparations movements look like where you are? Share your comments below! In the Caribbean, August 1 is Emancipation Day, an [...]
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Freedom United welcomes Human Trafficking Search to our community
Freedom United is excited to announce that Human Trafficking Search is now part of the Freedom United family. The two organizations [...]
Kenyan domestic worker stranded in Lebanon over inability to buy her flight ticket
This piece is an account written by Wanja Kimani who helped support Catherine Ranji, a migrant domestic worker in Lebanon. June 19, [...]
Progress in the E.U. for laws that put people and planet before profit
By Joanna Ewart-James. The European Parliament approved a ground-breaking draft law on June 1, that would call on large [...]
David Yambio: “EU policy is killing us”
Video credit: Refugees in Libya “We have been killed, we have been raped, we have been tortured, we have been extorted, and we have [...]
I visited cocoa farmers in West Africa. Here’s what they told me.
The global chocolate industry has made major profits thanks to the work carried out in the cocoa-producing countries of West Africa, [...]
Chocolate companies’ fake sustainability claims won’t fly
“100% sustainably sourced cocoa,” says the sign on the stand promoting Cadbury, a popular chocolate brand of Mondelez International. [...]
Why chocolate companies must go beyond certified cocoa
Our community often asks us how to shop ethically. Seeing a recognizable certification logo on a chocolate treat could put your mind at [...]
International Women’s Day: a story of collective power
Are you planning on marking International Women’s Day? Share your thoughts and questions in the comments! When 15,000 women, [...]
Does it do what it says on the tin?
This is the republication of the foreword to the report published by Human Rights at Sea entitled “Does it Do what it says on the [...]
The unusual break the World Cup 2022 brought
With Lionel Messi captaining, Argentina’s third win at the World Cup 36 years after their second, may not be considered especially [...]
Open letter to FIFA and Qatar ahead of the World Cup final and International Migrants Day
To Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA; Dr Ali bin Samikh Al Marri, Minister for Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs [...]