Asked by Baroness Goudie, 18 January 2012
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to assess the implementation of their strategy on human trafficking in relation to tackling demand for trafficking into the United Kingdom.
The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Henley): Progress on implementation of the strategy is overseen by the Inter-Departmental [...]
A BLOG POST BY LYDIA BOWDEN
In the United Kingdom, the general public are becoming more aware of the term ‘human trafficking’. Reports of trafficking are regularly splashed across our newspapers, demonstrating all too clearly how men, women and children are suffering at the hands of traffickers in Britain today.
The accounts are shocking, yet despite international [...]
A BLOG POST BY BARONESS GOUDIE
The end of a year always inspires time for reflection. For women in the world, 2011 marked several events which inspire hope for the future.
At the global level, we witnessed amazing bravery of women as part of the Middle East’s pro-democracy uprisings; three women shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize; [...]
I recently had the opportunity to talk with Jessie Macneil-Brown, Global Campaigns Manager for The Body Shop’s campaign to Stop the Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People. This post continues our discussion of the important work they are doing on this important topic.
Q/ You have also launched a global report about child trafficking [...]
For many years, I have had the pleasure of working with the team behind The Body Shop’s campaign to Stop the Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People.
As most people are aware, since its founding, The ethos of the Body Shop has been firmly grounded in ‘striving to be a force for good.’ Throughout the [...]
A BLOG POST BY BARONESS GOUDIE
In 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act marked the end to legal slavery across the British Empire. Today however, modern slavery still exists: the human trafficking industry is estimated to be worth £32 billion per year, putting it on par with the global drugs trade.
Today people around the world are sold [...]
A BLOG POST BY STEPHENIE FOSTER
Instead of spending Thanksgiving weekend watching the Macy’s Parade, eating turkey and shopping (my usual Thanksgiving activities), I was in Amsterdam and London for meetings on fighting human trafficking. Human trafficking, or modern day slavery, is an enormous global criminal and human rights problem. It’s worth setting out the basics. [...]
A BLOG POST BY REBEKAH TURNER, STOP THE TRAFFIK
Human trafficking is modern slavery; it is a serious crime and a gross violation of human rights. Traffickers deceive and exploit people for financial profit by forcing them into prostitution or sexual exploitation, forcing them into inhuman labour, forcing them to work as a domestic slave, forcing [...]
A BLOG POST BY MUKHTAR MAI
The story of Mukhtar Mai reflects the connection between global concerns with human rights and what happens on the ground.
In 2002, Mukhtar was attacked and brutally raped by order of the powerful Mastoi clan in her village as a punishment because her brother – 12 at the time – had [...]
A BLOG POST BY STEPHENIE FOSTER
Last week, I was lucky enough to attend a preview of The Whistleblower. It’s a powerful and tough movie, starring Rachel Weisz as an American peacekeeper who uncovers human trafficking in post-war Bosnia. Kathy Bolkovac was also at the preview; the movie is based on her story. [...]
