CLOSE

SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Sign up here to receive our updates on the fight to end modern slavery.

What would you like to receive emails about
(select at least 1 option)

Slavery News Weekly: 15 February 2018

February 15, 2018 / Media, Slavery News Weekly The Freedom Fund / @freedom_fund

Each week the Freedom Fund compiles the most insightful and timely news stories about modern slavery. Check out what we’re reading in this week’s roundup of top slavery articles.

Why measuring global slavery is so crucial to eradicating it
CNN Freedom Project, 14 February 2018
On any given day in 2016, over 40 million people were living in slavery. When the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery were released last year, they revealed the true scale of an often-invisible scourge. The research provides governments with a baseline estimate of the problem, and encouragingly, some are already acting.

Modern slavery ruling may lead to more victims getting leave to remain
The Guardian, 14 February 2018
A court has found that UK Home Office guidance on trafficking victims fails to reflect European convention obligations. A man who spent more than two decades as a slave has won a significant victory in the court of appeal, in a ruling which could lead to many more victims of trafficking being granted leave to remain in the UK.

Survivors of human trafficking in California can now sign up for confidential mailing addresses
Los Angeles Times, 14 February 2018
Human trafficking survivors can now sign up for a confidential mailing address program that enables some California crime victims to privately receive mail, open bank accounts and register to vote.

5 powerful stories by girls whose lives were forever changed by child marriage
Mashable, 13 February 2018
For millions of girls around the world, marriage is not a choice. Many young women have risked their lives trying to escape from forced marriage. Now they’re sharing their empowering stories with other women all around the world, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund. 

Death of maid treated ‘like a dog’ casts spotlight on migrant abuse in Malaysia
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 13 February 2017
An Indonesian maid forced to sleep outside next to a dog has died after suspected abuse by her employer in Malaysia, sparking calls from activists to end poor treatment of migrant workers. The 21-year-old woman died in a hospital a day after she was rescued from her employer’s home in the northern state of Penang, according to state media.


Learn more

For more news and updates about the Freedom Fund, visit our Newsroom. You can also view issues of our monthly slavery research bulletin here.

Do you have a story you’d like to see featured in our roundup? Submit articles at [email protected].