by Terry FitzPatrick | Oct 3, 2019 | Advocacy, Congo, Dominican Republic, FTS Updates, Ghana, Haiti, India, Nepal, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Senegal, Thought Leadership
Free the Slaves is thrilled to announce that a courageous advocate for the rights of women and children has joined the organization as executive director. Bukeni Tete Waruzi has helped put a Congolese warlord behind bars, has helped women trafficked into domestic...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 25, 2019 | Artists Against Slavery, FTS Updates
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2019 (Newswire.com) – 522 Productions is proud to announce Free the Slaves as the winner of the nonprofit video contest, launched in July 2019. 522 Productions is an award-winning video production company committed to driving social change...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Aug 7, 2019 | Slavery in the News, Slavery-Free Commerce, Thought Leadership
Editor’s Note: Free the Slaves is honored this month to highlight the investigative reporting of journalist Ian Urbina of the New York Times, creator of The Outlaw Ocean Project. His award-winning series first appeared in the Times in 2015. For the past four...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jul 5, 2019 | FTS Updates
Free the Slaves is seeking a new executive director to lead one of the modern anti-slavery movement’s oldest and best-known organizations. Our mission remains resolute: liberating the enslaved and changing the conditions that allow slavery to exist. Our new executive...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jun 20, 2019 | Advocacy, FTS Model for Freedom, FTS Updates, Haiti, Senegal, Thought Leadership
Good news today from the U.S. State Department. Both Haiti and Senegal have been removed from the Tier Two Watch List in the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, an indication that the governments of both countries are increasing their efforts to combat human...
