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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 15h

This #AntiSlaveryWeek, tell the UK Government and your local supermarket that freedom for workers everywhere is not negotiable.

🔗 Sign our petition calling for farm workers in Spain to have access to drinking water restored and protected: www.antislavery.org/water-justice/

Water justice

I’m calling on UK supermarkets to sign the letter calling for farm workers in Spain to have access to drinking water restored and protected.

www.antislavery.org

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 15h

Modern slavery exists here.

And it’s the reality for many agricultural workers, including migrant workers, around the world who harvest the fruits and vegetables on our supermarket shelves.

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 1d

We're #hiring for a Philanthropy Manager!🚀

You could help to drive our income and impact, and shape the future of our philanthropic partnerships.

📅Deadline: 11:59 PM GMT, 24 October 2025.
🔗https://www.antislavery.org/about-us/jobs-and-volunteering/

#Hiring #Careers #CharityJobs #HumanRightsJobs

Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 1d

🔗 Join the movement today: www.antislavery.org/join/

#AntiSlaveryWeek2025 #SlaveryNeverEnded

Join

We resist modern slavery. Become a member of Anti Slavery International and you will resist for freedom too.

www.antislavery.org

Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 1d

The first step to ending slavery is seeing it.

This #AntiSlaveryWeek, join us in shining a light on modern slavery.

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 1d

From the cocoa in our chocolate to the cotton in our clothes, slavery is often woven into the everyday items we take for granted.

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 1d

Slavery didn’t end with abolition. Today, it hides in the supply chains that produce the things we eat, wear, and use every day.

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 2d

Today, it can take many forms, including:
➡forced labour
➡human trafficking
➡descent-based slavery
➡child slavery
➡forced marriage
➡and domestic servitude.

We need urgent action to ensure that everyone can live, work and thrive freely.

🔗 www.antislavery.org/slavery-toda...

#AntiSlaveryWeek

What is modern slavery?

What is modern slavery? Find out where modern slavery happens today, the numbers behind it and who is affected.

www.antislavery.org

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 2d

People become trapped in slavery often as a result of poverty and exclusion, and because laws do not protect them.

Threats like climate change, conflict and instability can increase that risk of people being trapped in slavery.

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 2d

Everyone deserves to live and thrive in freedom.

But around the world, a shocking 50 million people are estimated to be living in modern slavery. Roughly one quarter of them are children. And it persists because it can.

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 7d

📍: 36 St Giles St, Salvation Army Citadel, Norwich, NR2 1LL
🕒: 10am to 4.30pm GMT
🔗 Buy your tickets here: fundraising.rotaryeastanglia.co.uk/event/modern...

Event - MODERN SLAVERY CONFERENCE

Event - Monies raised by the Conference will be donated to The Salvation Army, Unseen UK (Modern Slavery Helpline), Bakhita House (Refuge for Survivors of Slavery) and Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Cl...

fundraising.rotaryeastanglia.co.uk

Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 7d

Join our friends Rotary International for a Modern Slavery Conference this Friday 10 October 2025 at the Salvation Army Citadel to learn about the true nature and extent of modern slavery, and how you can help end it.

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 8d

Today is a devastating day for those affected by the ongoing tragedies, and we remember the lives lost on and since October 7.

We stand together as people who care deeply about human rights to demand freedom for everyone, everywhere, always.

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 8d

Everyone has the right to live and thrive in freedom. But around the world, millions of people are living in conditions that put them at risk of modern slavery, including the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 9d

We're #hiring for a Senior Financial Accountant!🚀

You could help to maintain oversight of the organisation’s finances and optimal financial health.

📅Deadline: 11:59 PM GMT, 17 October 2025.
🔗https://www.antislavery.org/about-us/jobs-and-volunteering/

Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 9d

🔗 Read the full report for BHRRC’s full breakdown and recommendations ➡️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...

#HumanRights #MigrantWorkers #WorkersRights #PeopleOverProfit #DueDiligence

Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 9d

Saudi positioning itself as a leader in the green energy transition makes the findings especially concerning. This industry should represent a hopeful path forward for people and the planet. The energy transition should not only be fast, but fair for all workers. 🌍✊

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 9d

🔋 Companies executing projects are failing to conduct adequate human rights due diligence and include migrant workers as key actors affecting the energy transition

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 9d

🔋 Workers are charged exploitative recruitment fees that should be borne by the employer according to international standards,
🔋 Workers face barriers accessing remedy due to culture of fear and reprisals for complaints,

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 9d

🔋 Workers reported unacceptable working conditions across multiple renewables projects, including low wages, excessive hours, extreme heat exposure, and restrictions of freedom of movement,

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 9d

Key findings include:
🔋 All workers interviewed experienced labour rights violations during recruitment, yet companies failed to publicly commit to fair recruitment principles despite international standards for fair recruitment,

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 9d

⚠️ Business and Human Rights Resource Centre's (BHRRC) new report on the migrant workers powering Saudi Arabia’s green energy transition reveals major systemic human rights violations in the renewables sector⚠️

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 13d

Businesses and civil society organisations agree: mHREDD can work for everyone.

The UK Government must listen and urgently pass a due diligence law to protect #PeopleAndPlanet. 🌍✊

#ETIatLPC2025 #ResponsibleBusiness #DueDiligence #HumanRights

Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 13d

During the panel, titled, ‘Good Business: Why mHREDD Delivers for Everyone’, Helen discussed the urgent need for a mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (#mHREDD) in Britain to protect workers, communities, and the planet.

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 13d

Our CEO, Helen, joined @tuc.org.uk, Princes Group, and CCLA on Ethical Trading Initiative's (ETI) fringe panel at this year’s Labour Party Conference 🎤

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