Tag: Modern Slavery

  • The Anti-Slavery Collective in conversation with Luke de Pulford

    While we have been working from home, our co-founders, HRH Princess Eugenie of York and Julia de Boinville, have been seeking to find out and share how COVID-19 is affecting all aspects of the anti-slavery movement. This time, we are joined by Luke de Pulford, the director of Arise. Arise focuses on long-term preventative work, addressing…

  • The Anti-Slavery Collective in conversation with Karen Anstiss

    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 that…

  • The Anti-Slavery Collective in conversation with James Cockayne

    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 of…

  • The Anti-Slavery Collective in Conversation with Walk Free

    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…

  • The Anti-Slavery Collective in Conversation with Diana Mao

    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 of…

  • The Anti-Slavery Collective in Conversation with Kieran Guilbert

    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.  We speak…

  • The Anti-Slavery Collective in Conversation with Nick Grono

    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 with frontline…

  • The Anti-Slavery Collective in Conversation with Phil Brewer

    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 to…

  • Transparency in fashion supply chains: 7 years on from Rana Plaza

    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.  The…