by Free the Slaves | Sep 16, 2011 | FTS Updates
Free the Slaves’ college chapter coordinator Laura Murphy has been doing an awesome job recruiting and maintaining the FTS presence in schools. (If you haven’t already, check out our new “students” page on our website to find out how you can...
by Free the Slaves | Mar 7, 2011 | Slavery in the News
Vice President Joe Biden will address modern-day slavery: Human trafficking on agenda for U.S. vice president’s trip to Moldova, Russia: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden plans to address the issue of human trafficking on his visit to Moldova and Russia next week, a...
by Free the Slaves | Feb 18, 2011 | Slavery in the News
Here’s a great story about the power of social media. In China, microblogging helped reunite a kidnapped child with his family. Via the BBC: It is estimated that up to 20,000 children in China are kidnapped every year. Some are sold to gangs to be used as...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 16, 2010 | FTS Updates, Slavery in the News
Free the Slaves Policy and Research Associate Jody Sarich is featured on Big Think today, speaking about her research on forced marriage and its relation to slavery and human trafficking in China. With FTS President Kevin Bales, Sarich is currently writing the first...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 28, 2010 | Slavery in the News
This week, the Global Post published a great article about human trafficking in Ruili, a city on the Chinese side of the border with Myanmar. The article, written Kathleen E. McLaughlin, says that China’s one child policy is fueling trafficking of women from...
