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Freedom United is a nonprofit organization that works to combat modern slavery and human trafficking. The organization was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Freedom United works to raise awareness about the issue of modern slavery and to advocate for stronger laws and policies to combat trafficking.
Freedom United operates a number of programs and initiatives to achieve its mission. These include the Freedom United Campaign, which is a global advocacy campaign that aims to raise awareness about modern slavery and to encourage individuals and organizations to take action to combat it. The organization also operates the Freedom United Academy, which is an online learning platform that provides resources and training on modern slavery and human trafficking.
In addition to its advocacy and education efforts, Freedom United also works to support victims and survivors of modern slavery and trafficking. The organization provides grants to organizations that work to support survivors and to help them rebuild their lives after experiencing exploitation.
The U.K. Statistics Regulator has released a statement announcing that they have not found evidence to support the Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s claims that people are abusing the U.K.’s modern slavery laws and “gaming the system”. Dangerous and unsubstantiated rhetoric Damaging rhetoric from the U.K. government has contributed to an environment that casts doubt on…
When working as a cook in the Sudanese embassy in London, Fatima Benkharbouche faced exploitation: her employer failed to pay her minimum wage, withheld some of her salary and breached working time rules. She made an employment tribunal claim, but because her employer had diplomatic immunity, her claim was originally dismissed. The law is…
Supermarkets have raised concerns around the U.K.’s seasonal worker visa system which is leaving migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation, and supermarkets at risk of falling foul of their human rights obligations. Unheeded warnings Criticisms have been levelled against the scheme since its hasty inception with warning from labor rights groups being ignored by the government…
The position of the Council of the European Union on a draft E.U. corporate accountability law has dealt a devastating blow: Member States have watered down human rights protections, majorly limited the law’s scope and failed to set enforceable climate commitments for companies. The Council guts the law The Council has agreed on its preliminary…
Bangladeshi migrant workers are reporting returning to their home countries saddled with debt after paying high recruitment fees to work in Qatar. These costs include paying for international travel, passports, visas, medical fees and other charges. Contracts cut short In order to break even, a Bangladeshi 2020 Cost of Migration Survey found that male workers…
In a report this week, Australia’s Clean Energy Council is calling for more local manufacturing of renewable energy products in response to growing evidence of modern slavery in the global clean energy industry. The Guardian reports, Released on Tuesday, the paper said slavery in all supply chains was a global problem. But Australia is on…
Appalling treatment of low-paid migrant workers in Qatar has been under the spotlight as the World Cup gets underway. Amid intense scrutiny on Qatar’s human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers, activists in the U.S. are raising their own concerns about similar treatment in the U.S. and inviting us to look inward at…
As the European Union develops new rules to hold companies accountable for social and environmental harms, such as deforestation and child and forced labor, the spotlight is on the chocolate industry. Cocoa production is notorious for causing adverse impacts on farming communities and the land. Companies and governments claim to be working to make cocoa more…
The phrase “just transition” is on everybody’s lips in the aftermath of COP27, but in the race toward cleaner energy, are we losing sight of what justice really looks like? A closer look at solar panel and electric transport supply chains suggest we may be sidelining human rights as we scale up solutions to the…
A new report by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has shed light on widespread abuse of migrant workers in Qatar as the World Cup gets underway. “Legacy of the kafala […]
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