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The heroes in these stories work to end various forms of slavery around the world.
Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe works to end violence and sexual exploitaton in Uganda.
Iqbal Masih's parents sold him into slavery as a carpet weaver at age four.
Kailash Satyarthi was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a children's rights activist in India.
Mohamed Sidibay speaks out to give a name and a face behind the stories of forced child soldiers.
Kailash Satyarthi is determined to end child labor practices around the world.
Forced slavery and those who have spoken out to end it are illustrated in these artworks.
The door through which slaves had to pass in order to leave West Africa (Senegal) is the subject of this digital artwork by Cheikh Seck.
Afghan revolutionary political activist, feminist, women's rights activist and founder of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), who was assassinated in 1987
Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani Christian boy who became a symbol of abusive child labor in the developing world.
Sojourner Truth was an African American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826.
These short films remind us that slavery still exists and that there are people working hard to fight against it.
Young workers are the future of the country’s workforce – what happens to them has huge implications for how work is changing today. I am a #youngworker combines worker experience and research data into a powerful and artistic animated story.
Dread Scott - Revolutionary Artist
Stories from the Christian Science Monitor
Walk Free is a global collaboration to end one of the worlds greatest evils: modern slavery.
Walk Free is a movement of people everywhere, fighting to end one of the world's greatest evils: modern slavery. Walk Free undertakes research to build the world’s most comprehensive evidence base of modern slavery – the Global Slavery Index.
Food Empowerment Project
How our food choices may contribute to slavery
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