Tune into BBC Radio 4 today to hear Anti-Slavery International’s Appeal. Once again, ITV’s Lucy Watson is lending her voice to share Tahya’s journey to freedom. Listen today at 3:27pm on BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds. 💛 Every £1 you give will be doubled: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lpk9

For 40 years, Tahya lived in slavery. Today, she’s free - with a home, income & a future for herself & her children. Hear Tahya’s journey to freedom in the BBC Radio 4 Appeal, presented by Lucy Watson, on 2 & 6 Nov. 💛 Every £1 donated will be matched. 🔗 Listen & donate: http://bit.ly/47fTGgN

On 18 October 2025, we came together to mark Anti-Slavery Day - and just two days later, we hosted our biggest ever panel event, “Unfinished Freedom”, in London.

This Sunday, join Anti-Slavery International on BBC Radio 4 for our special Appeal by ITV’s Lucy Watson. You’ll meet Tahya, who was born into slavery, & hear how she got her freedom & helps others to do the same. 🎧 Listen on 2 Nov at 7:54 and 21:25 to hear Tahya’s story & find out how to support.

🚨 NEW joint statement It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights and climate is on the line. Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU and non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities and our planet, not corporate interests.

Over a year into Labour’s government - and after this year’s Party Conference - promises of fairness and reform are being tested against reality.

Good news! 🎉 Today, the European Parliament rejected the proposed negotiating mandate for the Omnibus Simplification Package. We applaud this approach taken by the European Parliament.

Did you catch File on Four last night? Our Head of UK & European Advocacy, Sian Lea, spoke about how the seasonal worker visa scheme leads to abuse and exploitation.

On #AntiSlaveryDay, we took a message to the streets of London to shine a light on modern slavery. Because ending it is everyone's business.

Anti-Slavery Day is tomorrow. Every year, on the 18th of October, we commemorate this day, established in 2010 to raise awareness on modern slavery and encourage shared action to eradicate slavery, because freedom is a fundamental right.

In the lead up to Anti-Slavery Day, here are 5 books to read on modern slavery 📚💡 From fiction to investigative non-fiction, grow your knowledge and stay informed. Ending slavery is all our responsibility. #AntiSlaveryWeek #ReadingList #BooksToRead

Everyone deserves to live in freedom and work in safe and just conditions. But a shocking 50 million people are still trapped in slavery. In factories, fields, and homes around the world.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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/

⚠️ 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⚠️

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 🎤

We're #hiring for an HR and Support Officer!🚀 You will support the development and growth of our HR function, helping to oversee and develop our recruitment and onboarding processes, and implementing the strategy and vision for our organisation. ➡️

Anger and division cause tensions in our communities, dividing us and tearing the social fabric of our society. It harms us all. That’s why we’ve signed this open letter with over 100 other organisations calling on the new Home Secretary to unite communities to improve everyone’s lives.

Last week, Ethical Trading Initiative released its position paper in support of mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (hashtag#mHREDD) regulation in the UK.  As a member of ETI, we are pleased to see this strong position. 🔗: www.ethicaltrade.org/resources/bl...

📅Today marks 99 years since the 1926 Slavery Convention was signed, and June marked 200 years since the very first issue of the Anti-Slavery Reporter was published.

The #BackToTheFuture March arrived in Brussels! 90km, 3-days journey on the footsteps on the promise of the EU to the workers. Now this promise had been broken by EU's deregulation drive. We want a #PublicServicesAgenda that protects people and the planet!

📣 Listen to Sian, our Head of UK and European Advocacy, give a speech on why we’ve been advocating for the Corporate Due Diligence Sustainability Directive (#CSDDD), and why she’s walking from Maastricht to Brussels. It’s Day 3 and the team are approaching Brussels.

😐 Bad news: EU anti-deforestation law delayed once again #EUDR 🤩 Good news: you can protest against it right away Guess we weren’t loud enough. Let’s make sure the European Parliament and Member States hear us 📢 The time to protest ➕ demand vital protections for the environment is NOW.

🚨 LIVE in MAASTRICHT We're kicking off the #BackToTheFuture march! We have come together with many others to make sure EU decisionmakers hear us all the way down in Brussels: Protect people ➕ planet Going backwards is not an option! We want protections for people, communities and environment

📅 SAVE THE DATE 📅 Let’s get together to demand: ✊ Accountability for human rights violation and pollution. ✊ Protection for communities from corporate harm. ✊ Rights for people, rules for business.

Corporate abuse isn’t gender neutral. We stand with Corporate Justice Coalition in calling for new UK legislation that responds to the gendered impacts of corporate abuse.

If solar panels linked to forced labour can pass the UK’s modern slavery checks, it’s clear the rules aren’t working.

We're #hiring for a Private Sector Adviser!🚀 You will manage and deliver Anti-Slavery International's private sector advisory work and manage our advocacy relationships with our business network. 📅Deadline: 11:59 PM GMT, 28 September 2025.

📄 Recently, @shareaction.bsky.social and 33 other organisations, including Anti-Slavery International, sent a letter to the @europarl.europa.eu. In the letter, we call on them to protect the review clause in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (#CSDDD). But what does this mean?

We're #hiring for a Philanthropy Manager!🚀 You could help to shape the future of Anti-Slavery International's philanthropic partnerships, and will have experience in high-value fundraising. 📅Deadline: 11:59 PM GMT, 12 September 2025. 🔗https://www.antislavery.org/about-us/jobs-and-volunteering/

In June 2025, in response to the endless atrocities being committed against Palestinians in Gaza by the State of Israel, Anti-Slavery International joined Red Line for Gaza, a growing coalition of civil societies and the public. 🖍️

Today, Corporate Justice Coalition and 23 partners, including Anti-Slavery International have released a joint statement reinforcing the key messages from UN special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca Albanese’s new report.

⚠Farm workers in Nijar, the so-called “Garden of Europe,” in Spain are working in sweltering heat with no access to drinking water to pick tomatoes and peppers for UK supermarket shelves. www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethicalcampa...

We're #hiring for 2 roles! Assistant to the International & Thematic Advocacy Team 📅 5:00 PM GMT on 28 July Head of Fundraising 📅11:59PM GMT on 3 August If you're passionate about human rights & want to drive meaningful change, apply today! www.antislavery.org/about-us/job... #HumanRightsJobs

EU Ombudswoman Anjinho has requested urgent explanations from the EU Commission following our complaint on the undemocratic process used to prepare the Omnibus proposal. ➡Why was there no impact assessment? ➡Why was there no public consultation? ➡Why was there no climate consistency assessment?

“That is the main challenge. I faced this because the app gives clients offers and maybe that day, I don’t have money to even add fuel to my car. It leaves me with no option but to borrow.” - Jade

In the urgent transition to #GreenEnergy, we must ensure decent work and the protection of human rights for all. This was our message today at the Human Rights Council’s Annual Panel Discussion on #ClimateChange.

Red Line For Gaza is a movement bringing together all of our voices to end the killing and suffering of children in Gaza: redlineforgaza.org.uk Together, we will use our voice to demand action every week. Until the UK Government acts, we will not stop. 1/4

Pleased to be able to speak today at the United Nations HRC59 to the very real issues facing migrant domestic workers in the UK. We’re here to speak following our joint civil society submission with partners The Voice of Domestic Workers, @antislavery.org & @focusonlabour.bsky.social

We are #hiring for an Individual Giving Officer! We're seeking a motivated individual who understands the value of strong donor relationships & is eager to contribute to a cause that truly matters. 📅Apply by 23:59 GMT, 4 July 2025. 🔗https://bit.ly/4eiHUnH #FundraisingJobs

This week is #NationalPicnicWeek - pleased to join @antislavery.org‬ for a picnic outside Parliament to call for stronger legislation to ensure that what we eat, wear and enjoy is not made with forced labour, environmental harm or exploitation.

Today, alongside the Corporate Justice Coalition, we handed in our petition for a new law to tackle human rights abuses and environmental damage in UK company supply chains. 145,480 people signed our call for a new #BizHumanRights law: now it’s over to the government to take action.

The #PlatformEconomy, a business model centred on the use of digital platforms, is reshaping our ways of working. It allows businesses to cut operating costs and expand quickly, and it should allow consumers to enjoy greater convenience and more choice. 📱⚠ But at what cost?

This #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour, we mustn’t forget children in slavery – one of the worst forms of child labour. Childhood should be a time to grow, learn, play &flourish in safety. ⚠But over 12 million children around the world don’t have that chance. bit.ly/4kH6tNA

Modern slavery is a serious and growing issue in #England and #Wales. Local authorities play a key role in identifying and supporting survivors, but many of them face challenges that stand in the way of this responsibility.