Forced Labor

July 17, 2018

Police Officer Margaret Shelley responded to a tripped alarm in an affluent suburban neighborhood. She surveyed the house for any …

July 3, 2018

Imagine a girl from Bangladesh. Her family is destitute – floods have washed out their crops and her younger siblings …

April 17, 2018

Kafala, sponsorship, is an employment framework in the Gulf States – as well as Lebanon and Jordan – that requires …

April 10, 2018

Latin America is endowed with some of the world’s largest oil, gas and mineral resources deposits. In the past two …

March 6, 2018

The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 40.3 million people are enslaved around the world. Of those, 15.4 million are …

February 13, 2018

If slavery were a country, it would be the third largest producer of CO2 in the world after China and …

February 6, 2018

The Global Slavery Index reports that over one million North Koreans are estimated to be in modern-day slavery. Of those, …

January 8, 2018

January 8, 2018 This week’s blog is guest authored by Michele Clark, former Director of ArtWorks for Freedom. Human Trafficking is …

January 2, 2018

January 2, 2018 Our December 18th blog detailed the five countries where modern-day slavery is most prevalent. In Part II …

December 18, 2017

December 18, 2017 Modern-day slavery is pervasive. Though estimates differ – the Global Slavery Index approximates 45.8 million people, while …