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| International Justice Mission is a human rights organization that rescues victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery and oppression. A multi-national team of law enforcement professionals and a highly qualified legal staff conduct criminal investigations and collect evidence to rescue victims and bring perpetrators to justice. The work of IJM has been featured on Dateline NBC, in Forbes, New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal and other media outlets. IJM was founded by Gary Haugen who served as the Officer in Charge of the U.N. investigation into the Rwandan genocide. | |
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| Brief talk by Kevin Bales of Free the Slaves explaining some of the issues around slave labour in the coca industry. | |
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| Student made PSA about slaves in the coca industry. The images selected are powerful but watch this video with a critical eye to see where the message could be improved.
To see more videos on this topic use search terms like "slavery, cocoa, choclate, Ivory Coast" into the search engine on Google. | |
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| BOOK: Modern Slavery, The Secret World of 27 Million People by Kevin Bales, Zoe Trodd & Alex Kent Williamson. Available at all bookstores amd public libraries. | |
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| Excellent site with many links and stories about slaves in the modern world. | |
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| Commemorating the Passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in England in 1807. | |
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| Interactive map detailing the abolition of slavery in historical times | |
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| Information on modern slavery, particularly in Mauritania. | |
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| Polaris Project's vision is for a world without slavery. Named after the North Star that guided slaves towards freedom along the Underground Railroad, Polaris Project has been providing a comprehensive approach to combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery since 2002.
Polaris Project is one of the largest anti-trafficking organizations in the United States and Japan, with programs operating at international, national and local levels through our offices in Washington, DC; Newark, NJ; Denver, CO; and Tokyo, Japan. Polaris Project is one of the few organizations working on all forms of trafficking and serving both citizen and foreign national victims of human trafficking. | |
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| Our mission is to eliminate human trafficking through prevention, victim protection, and sustainable restoration. Our target population includes all those victimized by human trafficking: children and adults, males and females. | |
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| CRIN is a global network coordinating information and promoting action on child rights. More than 2,000 member organisations and tens of thousands more activists from across the world rely on CRIN for research and information.
CRIN presses for rights, not charity, for children and is guided by a passion for putting children?s rights at the top of the global agenda by addressing root causes and promoting systematic change. Its guiding framework is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
CRIN?s activities are based on the belief that information is a powerful tool for realising children?s rights. CRIN distributes news, events and reports, lobbies, enables advocacy and promotes knowledge sharing and coordination. CRIN participates in international child rights coalitions and advocacy groups, supports campaigns and makes the UN and regional mechanisms more accessible to those lobbying for social change. | |
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| ASTRA is a non-governmental organization dedicated to eradication of all forms of trafficking in human beings, especially in women and children, through a comprehensive approach to solving this problem, with the aim of eliminating this specific form of violence, by affirming a society free of exploitation, violence, discrimination, economic and social inequalities. | |
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| The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers works to prevent the recruitment and use of children as soldiers, to secure their demobilisation and to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration into society. | |
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| The handmade carpet industry exploits nearly 250,000 children. GoodWeave is helping to combat this problem and transform the handmade rug industry by certifying child-labor-free rugs and by providing education and opportunities to rescued and at-risk children. The GoodWeave program is implemented by RugMark International. | |
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| The Fairtrade Foundation is the independent non-profit organisation that licenses use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products in the UK in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards. The Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Traidcraft and the World Development Movement, later joined by the National Federation of Women?s Institutes. Member organisations now also include Banana Link, Methodist Relief and Development Fund, Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, People & Planet, SCIAF, Shared Interest Foundation, Soroptimist International , Tearfund and the United Reformed Church. | |
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| "The Global March Against Child Labour is a movement to mobilise worldwide efforts to protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the right to receive a free, meaningful education and to be free from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be harmful to the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development." | |
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| Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.
Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world - so we work to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity.
We have more than 2.2 million members and subscribers in more than 150 countries and regions and we coordinate this support to act for justice on a wide range of issues. | |
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| Our Goals
- Promote a human rights response that prioritises the needs and concerns of survivors
- Improve and expand legal protections and benefits for survivors
- Ensure delivery of comprehensive and culturally appropriate human services to survivors
- Increase collaboration between community and government agencies to effectively address slavery and human trafficking crimes
- Mobilize public awareness and support for survivors
- Strengthen the institutional and community response to slavery and human trafficking
- Empower survivors to act as agents of social change | |
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| Human Rights Watch is one of the world?s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes. Our rigorous, objective investigations and strategic, targeted advocacy build intense pressure for action and raise the cost of human rights abuse. For 30 years, Human Rights Watch has worked tenaciously to lay the legal and moral groundwork for deep-rooted change and has fought to bring greater justice and security to people around the world. | |
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| Free the Slaves liberates slaves around the world, helps them rebuild their lives and researches real world solutions to eradicate slavery forever.
We use world class research and compelling stories from the frontlines of slavery to convince the powerful and the powerless that we can end slavery. | |
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| Anti-Slavery International works at local, national and international levels to eliminate all forms of slavery around the world. | |
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| A look at slavery through the ages, from ancient times to slavery in America:
SLAVERY
An evil of civilization
Slaves in Babylon
Slaves in Greece
Slaves in Rome
Slaves in the Middle Ages
Portuguese slave trade
The triangular trade
The abolitionist movement
The issue of slavery
Emancipation Proclamation | |
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| An overview of the history of slavery, presented in pictures and in 5 parts:
Part I: The Slave Trade: Early Roots in Britain
Part II: Slavery in the US
Part III: The Fugitive Slave Law
Part IV: Emancipation Proclamation
Part V: Missouri Compromise | |
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| 170 years of slavery and the slave trade in the New World (America) | |
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