Free the Slaves is pleased to announce Survivors Network Kenya (SNK) as the recipient of the Elkes Award for the Best Survivor-led Community Group Supporting Survivors. Launched in 2024 by survivors of human trafficking, forced labor, and child labor, SNK is the first survivor network in Kenya to receive formal government recognition.
Free the Slaves, on behalf of the Freedom from Slavery Forum and the 2026 Global Forum planning committee, has named Sherrynorth Lamisi Attakora the recipient of the Elkes Impact Award for the Best Advocate with Lived Experience. A Ghanaian survivor leader and founder of the Sherrynorth Real Life Foundation, she has contributed her expertise to university research, Ghana’s Human Trafficking Secretariat, and survivor-led policy advocacy on the resourcing of survivor leadership.
Free the Slaves, as Convener of the Freedom from Slavery Forum, together with the leadership of the 2026 Global Forum Planning Committee, announce that the 2026 Freedom from Slavery Global Forum will be postponed and relocated. The Forum will now take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 5–6 October 2026.
Aiming to unify efforts towards combatting modern slavery, Free the Slaves has been establishing partners throughout the regions. As part of collaborating with similar-minded organizations, Free the Slaves organizes the Freedom from Slavery Forum, which aims to...
The Freedom from Slavery Global Forum 2023 started as specialists, survivors, officials, and activists gathered from all over the world. The forum's rallying cry was "Time to Act: Galvanizing Around a Survivor-Centered Anti-Modern Slavery Movement," and it aimed to...