From fast-fashion to ultra-fast fashion: it is time to reveal the true costs
September 17, 2019
By Sacha McGowan-Crewe, Rights Lab Intern The fashion industry is worth £32 billion to the UK economy, yet is the second highest at-risk sector for modern slavery. The International Labour Organisation defines modern slavery as a ‘situation of exploitation that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, and abuse of power’. It …
How do we build capacity in the field of antislavery?
April 20, 2017
By Professor Kevin Bales, CMG We all want to end slavery, but how? We all want to support freed slaves, but how? Sooner or later everyone in the world of human rights, anti-trafficking, and anti-slavery asks these questions. These questions spring up whenever we wrestle with the tough challenges of liberation and reintegration. Around the …
