Big on ideas, short on cash: Modern slavery fund seeks to transform global fight
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As the new chief executive of the four-year-old Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, Alex Thier has an ambitious goal – raise enough money to make human trafficking unprofitable. Hailed as a disruptive innovator at its birth – with backing from the US and British governments – the public-private partnership aimed […]
‘Game-changing’ anti-slavery fund aims to save millions of lives
Thomson Reuters Foundation A global fund aiming to raise $US1.5 billion to halve the number of modern slaves in the world’s hardest-hit countries could be a “game-changer”, leaders said at the World Economic Forum. The Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, a US-based partnership that unites governments, businesses and charities, hopes to replicate the success of […]
From Nepal to Nigeria, UK aid aims to save 500,000 people from slavery
Thomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of thousands of people who have survived modern slavery or risk becoming enslaved in nations including Bangladesh, Nepal and Nigeria will receive support through a £40 million ($US54 million) aid package, the British government said on Friday. Half of the money will be split between tackling forced labour among women migrant […]