Labor Exploitation
Is it Slavery? Cultural Competence versus Cultural Relativism
William is a 14-year-old orphan from Uganda. After his parents died, his mother’s relatives took him in to live with …
Shopping Slavery-Free
Be an educated consumer this back-to-school season. Learn about your slavery footprint, your favorite brands, and discover new brands helping to end human trafficking.
Sex Work: Empowered Choice or Patriarchal Domination
The debate of whether sex work is a location of empowered choice or patriarchal domination is currently a key argument …
Barriers to Identifying Victims and Helping Survivors: The Case for Considering Culture
Imagine a girl from Bangladesh. Her family is destitute – floods have washed out their crops and her younger siblings …
Extractive Industries and Human Trafficking in Latin America
Latin America is endowed with some of the world’s largest oil, gas and mineral resources deposits. In the past two …
Forced Marriage: A Form of Modern-day Slavery
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 40.3 million people are enslaved around the world. Of those, 15.4 million are …
Modern-day Slavery & Environmental Destruction: A Discussion with Kevin Bales
If slavery were a country, it would be the third largest producer of CO2 in the world after China and …
State-sponsored Slavery: a North Korean Export
The Global Slavery Index reports that over one million North Koreans are estimated to be in modern-day slavery. Of those, …
30 Actions | 30 Days
January 8, 2018 This week’s blog is guest authored by Michele Clark, former Director of ArtWorks for Freedom. Human Trafficking is …
Top Countries for Modern-Day Slavery: Part II
January 2, 2018 Our December 18th blog detailed the five countries where modern-day slavery is most prevalent. In Part II …