by Maurice Middleberg | Mar 8, 2018 | Become an Abolitionist, FTS Updates, India, Take Action
On this International Women’s Day, I’d like to share a remarkable success story. More than 200 women and girls have now restarted their lives at our Punarnawa Ashram for sex slavery survivors in India. The ashram’s residents have endured unspeakable brutality before...
by Free the Slaves | Jul 3, 2017 | Artists Against Slavery, Become an Abolitionist, I Am the Change, Slavery-Free Commerce, Take Action
An educated consumer has the power to end slavery. That’s why Free the Slaves and Bead & Reel are hosting a fair trade fashion show July 29 to raise money and awareness of modern slavery. This show is the third annual of its kind. With slavery being a $150 billion...
by Free the Slaves | Mar 7, 2016 | FTS Model for Freedom, India
One of the toughest challenges in fighting modern slavery is holding traffickers accountable for their crimes. But after a three-year struggle, lawyers with the Free the Slaves front-line partner group Tatvasi Samaj Nyas (TSN) have ensured that four traffickers will...
by Maurice Middleberg | Aug 20, 2013 | India
As the school year begins, it’s important to recognize that teaching is a profession that often requires bravery. But one teacher in India, Daulati Kumari, brings a special kind of bravery to her classroom. Daulati escaped slavery only a few years ago, and now...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Aug 6, 2013 | India
They had never been in the media spotlight before, and no one was sure what would happen. Four slavery survivors would face journalists to say that it is time to take a stand against bonded labor slavery in northern India. It wasn’t the way news briefings are usually...
