by Terry FitzPatrick | Aug 2, 2016 | Advocacy, Become an Abolitionist, Take Action
The Democratic and Republican conventions are over, and the 2016 general election campaign is now underway. Party officials at both conventions included planks on human trafficking in their 2016 platforms. Here’s the official language from each:2016 Democratic Party...
by Free the Slaves | Aug 1, 2016 | Advocacy, FTS Model for Freedom, Ghana, Thought Leadership
Ghana is partnering with the U.S. government and civil society organizations to eradicate child trafficking here, a country where modern-day slavery is rampant. Political officials, NGOs and community leaders gathered in Accra last week for the first-ever anti-human...
by Free the Slaves | Jul 29, 2016 | Become an Abolitionist, Take Action
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gets straight to the point: human trafficking is the act of “criminals selling people for profit.”It could be anyone. Someone like you could easily be tricked into an opportunity that falsely promises a better life.Which...
by Free the Slaves | Jul 28, 2016 | Become an Abolitionist, I Am the Change, Take Action
Submitted by Houy Chap | Senhoa’s Cambodia-based accountantSenhoa Jewelry Social Enterprise is very important. Many of the girls who [work for Senhoa] come out of bad situations [and] have a very low level of education. Some are illiterate because they have spent much...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jul 25, 2016 | FTS Model for Freedom, FTS Updates, Thought Leadership
Nominations are now open for the 2016 Free the Slaves Freedom Awards. Free the Slaves will award a U.S. $10,000 prize to an organization registered India or Nepal that is implementing an innovative “scalable” approach to ending bonded labor in India or Nepal. A...