by Free the Slaves | Dec 14, 2015 | Advocacy, India, Thought Leadership
America’s ambassador to the United Nations says nongovernmental organizations are under threat throughout the world, and it needs to stop.Ambassador Samantha Power’s remarks came during a reception in India last month, where she met with government officials and...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 10, 2015 | Advocacy, I Am the Change, Take Action
Today marks the anniversary of United Nations adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was a momentous achievement in 1948 to craft a charter of rights that should apply to every person on the planet. The declaration is widely accepted as the...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 8, 2015 | Artists Against Slavery, FTS Model for Freedom, FTS Updates, I Am the Change, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Thought Leadership
It takes more than passion and indignation to eradicate the evil of slavery. It takes science. That’s why Free the Slaves has developed our Community Based Model for Fighting Slavery. It’s a four-step formula that guides our work to bring entire communities from...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 2, 2015 | Advocacy, Congo
Anti-slavery organizations around the world are commemorating today’s International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, including Free the Slaves. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a coalition of our front-line partner organizations, called COSCAE, marked...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 2, 2015 | Advocacy, Take Action
Today marks the official anniversary when the United Nations passed its Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. It was approved in 1949, and the U.N. has honored this landmark anti-slavery treaty...