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Press Release: new research shows the impact of a victim–centred approach on reporting of child sexual exploitation in Nepal. Child sexual exploitation remains widespread in Nepal, driven by discrimination, poverty, a lack of education, peer pressure and the necessity of finding employment. Efforts to spearhead improvement to… Keep reading »
Anti-Slavery International’s Sally Kilner on how girls in Nepal are accessing justice after being sexually exploited. Aged 16, Binsa* decided she needed to support her family financially. {Near to her home was a hotel needing staff} and she started to work cleaning rooms and washing clothes. The… Keep reading »
Anti-Slavery International supporter, Kay Thomas, on her incredible cycle challenge Keep reading »
Blog by Anti-Slavery’s Business and Humans Rights Manager, Chloe Cranston. Anti-Slavery International joins 300 organisations from around the world, requesting that companies ensure that they are not linked to the horrific abuses of workers in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, known locally as East… Keep reading »
Covid-19 has had a profound impact on the world, but it does not affect everyone equally. For people who are enslaved or vulnerable to slavery, the economic and social disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting their lives in new and profound ways. As Anti-Slavery International… Keep reading »
There may no longer be shackles or slave ships but products of slavery are around us every day Keep reading »
9 July 2020 Our work in Mauritania supporting slavery victims in high-profile legal cases, carried out with partners Minority Rights Group and SOS-Esclaves, has helped secure an important victory. Two former slave masters have received long prison sentences (10 years and 15 years respectively) and one a suspended sentence. Keep reading »
Talibé children experience abuse and ill health new report shows, a blog by Africa Programme Officer Kenza Ben Azouz. Thousands of boys attending traditional religious education schools (Qur’anic schools) in Niger are commonly forced to beg on the street, our new report (French only) reveals. The research,… Keep reading »
To be truly anti-racist is to be committed to changing ourselves, blogs Ryna Sherazi. Keep reading »
4 June 2020 Anti-Slavery International stands as an ally in solidarity with all who are protesting against racism and the systemic injustice in their communities and around the world. Slavery happens because people are discriminated against, denied their rights and not protected by the law. Anti-Slavery… Keep reading »