Our co-founders, HRH Princess Eugenie of York and Julia de Boinville, speak to Karen Anstiss. Karen is the Service Manager of Caritas Bakhita House, a safehouse for women who have escaped modern slavery. A few days before the lockdown in the UK, Karen moved into Bakhita House so that she could continue the essential work…Read More
This time on our working from home conversations, we are speaking to Dr. James Cockayne, Director of the United Nations University (UNU) Centre for Policy Research. James directs UNU’s Modern Slavery Programme and is secretariat of the Liechtenstein Initiative for Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking. We ask James about how COVID-19 will affect the achievement…Read More
Our co-founders HRH Princess Eugenie of York and Julia de Boinville are thrilled to speak to Walk Free about their recent report, Protecting People in a Pandemic. Grace Forrest is a Founding Director and Communication Strategist of Walk Free and a UN Goodwill Ambassador for anti-slavery. Serena Grant is the Business and Engagement Lead of…Read More
Throughout lockdown, our co-founders, HRH Princess Eugenie of York and Julia de Boinville, have been working from home and catching up with friends in the anti-slavery movement to find out how COVID-19 has affected them and their work. We are delighted to be joined this time by our friend Diana Mao, the President and Co-Founder…Read More
While we stay at home and work from home, our co-founders, HRH Princess Eugenie of York and Julia de Boinville, have been talking to people from across the anti-slavery movement to find out how COVID-19 has affected their work. Our guest today is Kieran Guilbert, the Slavery and Trafficking Editor of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. …Read More
While we stay at home and work from home, our co-founders, HRH Princess Eugenie of York and Julia de Boinville, have been finding out how COVID-19 has affected the anti-slavery movement. Today, we are joined by our friend Nick Grono, the CEO of the Freedom Fund. The Freedom Fund, using a “hotspot” funding model, work…Read More
While we stay at home and work from home, our co-founders, HRH Princess Eugenie of York and Julia de Boinville, have been catching up with some of our friends in the anti-slavery movement. Our first conversation is with Phil Brewer, Former DCI of the MET Police Modern Slavery and Kidnap Unit and now an Advisor…Read More
On 24th April 2013, more than 3,000 garment workers in Bangladesh were ordered to go to work in a commercial building that, the day before, had been evacuated due to the discovery of dangerous, structural cracks. During the morning rush hour, the 8-story building collapsed. 1,134 people were killed; thousands more sustained severe, life-altering injuries. …Read More
Staying at home will save lives. Staying at home will also unlock the time, not often afforded to us in the fast-paced whirl of life, to focus on what is important and interesting to us. We, at The Anti-Slavery Collective, are working from home to fight modern slavery. Here are 6 ways you can join us in the fight:
Ask anyone: “Do you agree with human trafficking?”, “What about forced labor?”, “Is coercing someone into marriage acceptable?”, “Do you want to buy products produced by exploited children?” Surely, the answer (we hope) is a resounding “no.” But while there may be widespread public condemnation of these forms of modern slavery, individuals may not see…Read More