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Australian woman selected for Roosevelt freedom award

Australian human rights advocate Grace Forrest will become only the second Australian to receive a Four Freedoms Award for work battling modern slavery.

AAP · Jan 31, 2024

Report: 20 of the world's richest economies, including the U.S., fuel forced labor

A report released by human rights organization Walk Free found that the number of people living in modern slavery, including forced marriage and human trafficking, has grown to 50 million since 2018.

WEKU · May 26, 2023

122,000 modern slavery victims in UK, says human rights organisation

The UK is ranked at number 145 worldwide, out of a total of 160 countries, for prevalence of modern slavery.

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

Fifty million people now trapped in modern slavery in a ‘surge of exploitation’

New estimates say the past five years has seen 10m more people enslaved and millions more children forced into early marriage

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2022

Forced marriages, modern slavery on rise

The number of people living in modern slavery, including forced marriages, has grown over the past five years, the Australia-based Walk Free foundation says.

AAP · Sep 12, 2022

‘Judge me on my actions’: can Andrew Forrest become Australia’s clean, green hero?

The billionaire mining magnate known as Twiggy may be emulating Bill Gates with the scale of his philanthropy, but not everyone is convinced

The Guardian - AU · Mar 26, 2022