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New Website Aims to Expand the Modern Abolition Movement

Posted by Terry FitzPatrick on July 2, 2014

Our friends at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center have just launched a new website dedicated to building bridges between people who want to take action and organizations that are working to eradicate slavery around the world.

It’s called End Slavery Now.

“Though slavery still exists and has ever since ancient times, so have committed individuals working to end it,” the group notes. “Abolitionists are the everyday people turning ordinary interests, passions and skills into organized antislavery work. read more >

Governments Must Do More to Eradicate Slavery, says Kerry

Posted by Terry FitzPatrick on June 20, 2014

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says “no government, anywhere yet, is doing enough” to eradicate slavery, and “zones of impunity” exist around the world that allow trafficking to flourish.

Kerry’s comments came as he unveiled the State Department’s 2014 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report this morning, which provides a country-by-country assessment of governmental efforts to combat modern-day slavery.

“Some aren’t trying enough,” Kerry said, “others are trying hard, but we all need to try harder and do more.”

The TIP Report read more >

5 Lessons from InterAction Forum about Building a Broader Anti-Slavery Movement

Posted by Terry FitzPatrick on June 19, 2014

FTS Nepal Director Neelam Sharma flew half way around the world last week to represent Free the Slaves at the InterAction annual forum in Washington.

Her mission: build consciousness among human rights professionals that they have a role to play in eradicating modern-day slavery.

InterAction, a “united voice for global change,” is an association of more than 180 organizations working toward a “peaceful, just and prosperous world.” Free the Slaves has recently joined the coalition.

We asked Neelam how read more >

Watch #standwithme Online and Support FTS

Posted by Cavin Urquhart on May 21, 2014

If you can invest just one hour to learn about modern-day slavery and what can be done to end it, you should watch the new documentary film #standiwithme. After premiering in 30 U.S. cities earlier this year, the movie is now available to watch online. People who watch it via the player below on the FTS blog will help support Free the Slaves; a portion of every screening sale goes to FTS.

Yekra Player

Yekra is a revolutionary new read more >

Let’s Rescue All the World’s Children Who’ve Been Kidnapped for Slavery

Posted by Maurice Middleberg on May 9, 2014

There was a horrifying phrase in the news this week from Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram in Nigeria, as he spoke about the girls his group has kidnapped.

“There is a market for selling humans,” he said.

He is right, and his comment unveils a terrible truth about the persistence of slavery. Too many people think slavery ended more than a century ago. Though outlawed, slavery continues in new forms, hidden from read more >

Investing in Congo’s Future: FTS Co-sponsors May 14th Town Hall in Los Angeles

Posted by Cassie Ann Hodges on April 29, 2014

You might feel disconnected from events at remote mining sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). But American consumers are linked to the armed violence and slavery that grip eastern portions of the country.

Many everyday products in our homes, offices and schools contain minerals mined by Congolese slaves, many of them children. Profits from the sale of DRC minerals often fuels the fighting.

That’s why Free the Slaves is co-sponsoring a Congo Town Hall meeting with read more >

Uniting World Religions to Combat Slavery

Posted by Cassie Ann Hodges on April 17, 2014

If the battle against slavery hasn’t reached your faith community yet, it may be coming soon. A major global faith initiative to end modern-day slavery is taking root. Leading religious representatives and the Walk Free Foundation signed a groundbreaking agreement last month at the Vatican to work together, establishing the Global Freedom Network. The network will have a reach of more than 2.6 billion people – over a third of the world’s population.

Global read more >

Ghana to Capitol Hill: U.S. Briefing on Child Labor

Posted by Cassie Ann Hodges on April 10, 2014

It isn’t every day that a child slavery survivor from Africa is a featured speaker at a congressional briefing. But this week, Capitol Hill witnessed the award-winning advocate and child trafficking survivor, James Kofi Annan, speaking alongside long time anti-slavery champion Senator Tom Harkin, to address the global injustice of child labor.

The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) and the Child Labor Coalition hosted the panel to discuss how to reduce exploitative child labor, reflect read more >

New Report: How to Combat Child Slavery at Gold Mines

Posted by Daniel Brenner on March 26, 2014

All too often, the price of gold includes a human toll. At many mining sites, children are exploited as workers.

A new report by Free the Slaves, Child Rights in Mining, examines the problem of child slavery and child labor at informal gold mines. Investigators uncovered cases of sex slavery involving young girls, which has become common at mining camps. The report also details how an FTS-led pilot project improved community attitudes toward protecting children from harmful work.

The pilot project read more >

Filmmaker Alerts Millions of Oscar Viewers that Slavery Still Exists

Posted by Terry FitzPatrick on March 3, 2014

Last night’s best picture Oscar win for 12 Years a Slave was more that a tribute to powerful filmmaking. And the evening’s final acceptance speeches were more than ritual thanks to Hollywood insiders. The highpoint of the Oscar telecast became an awareness-raising mega-moment, alerting tens of millions of viewers that slavery didn’t end with the Civil War.

“I am dedicating this award to all the people who have endured slavery,” said 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen, “and read more >

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Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category

New Website Aims to Expand the Modern Abolition Movement

Governments Must Do More to Eradicate Slavery, says Kerry

5 Lessons from InterAction Forum about Building a Broader Anti-Slavery Movement

Watch #standwithme Online and Support FTS

Let’s Rescue All the World’s Children Who’ve Been Kidnapped for Slavery

Investing in Congo’s Future: FTS Co-sponsors May 14th Town Hall in Los Angeles

Uniting World Religions to Combat Slavery

Ghana to Capitol Hill: U.S. Briefing on Child Labor

Filmmaker Alerts Millions of Oscar Viewers that Slavery Still Exists

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