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In Search of Freedomville

In a tiny speck of a village in Uttar Pradesh, India, a community of rock quarry miners have given their cluster of thatched roofed houses the name Azad Nagar. Freedomville. The miners named their village in 2000, only a few months after they staged

Slavery, Poverty, and the Fashion Industry: MADE FREE’s Business Model for Sustainable Social Reform

"I came to realize that to win the war on poverty and modern day slavery, we need to address the root issues. Those who make our fashion need to make a livable wage. And it is possible to develop a for-profit model that pays the makers well AND compe

A CONVERSATION : EVERFREE & STREET BUSINESS SCHOOL

SBS CEO Devin Hibbard Sits Down with EverFree CEO Jeremy Floyd   EverFree was formed through the merger of two tireless anti-human trafficking organizations: Willow International out of Uganda and 10,000 Windows in the Philippines. Both groups are wo

Awareness

“Nothing happens just because we are aware of modern-day slavery, but nothing will ever happen until we are.” - Gary Haugen Building awareness is the keystone of anti-trafficking work. As Gary Haugen, President and CEO of the International Justice Mi

Vannak Prum

In 2006, Cambodian Vannak Prum arrived in Malai, a city located in northwestern Cambodia along the Thai border, with the promise of a job. Prum left his pregnant wife in the hopes of returning home in a few months with the money to support his growin

Dina Chan

In 1993, Dina Chan found herself owned by a pimp in northern Cambodia. An orphan who got into debt for overdue rent payments and tuition fees, Chan was trafficked from Phnom Penh to Stung Treng at the age of 17. Her narrative describes police corrupt

Biram Dah Abeid

A descendant of slaves himself, Biram Dah Abeid began to formally fight slavery and discrimination in Mauritania through an organization he formed at age 19: the National African Movement. He openly addressed the Secretary of State at the time, Colon

FAQ: I’m a College Student. What Can I Do to Prepare Myself for a Career in Anti-trafficking?

As an undergraduate student in university, you have incredible access to people and resources. You can utilize classwork, networks and extra-curricular activities to 1) identify an area of anti-human trafficking you’d like to work in, 2) develop rele

Slavery Today

What is the definition of human trafficking?The United Nations defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion) for an improper p

Domestic Servitude

Victims of domestic servitude may appear to be nannies or other domestic help, but the moment their employment arrangement transitions into a situation whereby they cannot leave on their own free will, it becomes a case of enslavement. The circumstan