by Terry FitzPatrick | Jan 11, 2016 | FTS Model for Freedom, India, Thought Leadership
2016 Trafficking Awareness Day Spotlight More than half of the people trapped in modern slavery are women and girls. They’re exploited in bars and brothels, in homes as maids and nannies, on farms and fishing boats, and in mines and factories worldwide.Supriya Awasthi...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 29, 2015 | Take Action, Thought Leadership
Your generous support has empowered Free the Slaves to liberate people from inhuman mistreatment in bondage and change the conditions that allow the evil of slavery to persist. If you haven’t had an opportunity yet to contribute in 2015—our 15th year as an...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 22, 2015 | Advocacy, FTS Model for Freedom, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Thought Leadership
Free the Slaves is wrapping up our 15th year of fighting for freedom. It’s a good time to not only reflect on our most important accomplishment, freeing 10,000 people from slavery. It’s also important to distill the lessons we’ve learned from years...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 16, 2015 | FTS Updates, Take Action
Our 15th anniversary year comes to a close in just a few days. It’s been a remarkably successful year.Our front-line anti-slavery programs have crossed two important benchmarks: freeing more than 10,000 people from slavery and educating more than 100,000 to prevent...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 10, 2015 | Advocacy, I Am the Change, Take Action
Today marks the anniversary of United Nations adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was a momentous achievement in 1948 to craft a charter of rights that should apply to every person on the planet. The declaration is widely accepted as the...
