Sustainable chocolate won’t become a reality until companies start paying a living income price for cocoa, according to the 2022 Cocoa [...]
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E.U. Due Diligence: We’re running out of time, but this could be a game changer
Photo credit: Philip Reynaers / Photonews / Justice is Everybody’s Business European leaders are deciding on game-changing rules to [...]
Open Letter to CBP on Trade Data Transparency
This week, the news broke that a group of major U.S. businesses, including Walmart, General Motors and Intel, as part of the Commercial [...]
Driven out of a shelter because of my mental health issues
Jessie, a trafficking survivor, shares her experiences of living in a shelter Shelters for trafficking survivors in the U.S. are often [...]
Eight myths keeping cocoa farmers in poverty
Recent years have seen important developments on the topic of living income for cocoa farmers, and yet, poverty is still a daily [...]
Designer Louise Xin’s mission to fight forced labor with fashion
Photo credit: Emma Grann Louise Xin makes stunning, one-of-a-kind dresses that almost float down runways with an ethereal quality. Xin [...]
EU: Tip the scales to put people and the planet before profits
Image credit: Philip Reynaers / Photonews / Justice is Everybody’s Business Time is up for companies profiting from modern slavery and [...]
A non-carceral approach to trafficking: Unpacking California’s Safer Streets for All Act
By Jamison Liang, Freedom United and Leigh LaChapelle, Cast The Safer Streets for All Act was signed into law on July 1, 2022 and will [...]
Anti-slavery and a human rights-centered just transition
The climate crisis is here, and people are feeling the consequences now: water shortages across Europe; wildfires in Spain, Portugal, [...]
A tainted World Cup: justice for migrant workers now
In just over 100 days, the World Cup kicks off in Qatar. The tournament has been marred by a constant stream of forced labor [...]
“The whole country is modern slavery” – an interview with Ji Hyun Park
Few manage to escape North Korea’s horrific totalitarian regime. But, under impossible circumstances, Ji Hyun Park escaped twice, [...]
Supporting LGBTQ+ survivors
This blog post is reposted from Freedom Network USA. You can find the original post here. How to support LGBTQ+ youth trafficking [...]